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S. Afr. p. 241 (1867), id. Ibis, 1869, p. 373; Gray, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 205 (1870); 



Sharpe, Cat. B. p. 14 (1871) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. p. 770 (1872) ; Gurney, in 



Anderss. B. Dam. Ld. p. 224 (1872). 

 Indicator levaillantii, Leadb. Tr. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 85 (1833, nee Temrn.). 

 Indicator Jlavicollis, Swains. B. W. Afr. ii. p. 198 (1837). 

 Indicator proditor, Licht. Nomencl. Av. p. 78 (1854). 

 Indicator archipelagicus , Heugl. Syst. Uebers. p. 47 (1856, nee Temm.). 



Adult. — Above pale brown, the lores, ear-coverts, and sides of neck 

 uniform with the back, the head strongly washed with olive-yellow ; wings 

 brown, all the feathers edged with olive-brown, the least coverts slightly 

 washed with olive-yellow, but not sufficient to form a shoulder-patch ; rump 

 and upper tail-coverts pure white, the outermost of the latter brown, some 

 of the centre ones brown on the outer web and white on the inner ; central 

 tail-feathers brown, paler on the inner web and white at the extreme base, the 

 next pair brown, whitish along the base of the inner web, the next pair entirely 

 white, excepting a browai tip and a little brown at the base of the inner web, 

 the two outer feathers on each white with pale brown tips ; cheeks, throat, and 

 breast yellow, with a few scattered brown feathers on the former ; the rest of 

 the lower parts white, the outer face of the thighs brown ; under wing-coverts 

 white ; bill dusky horn-brown ; iris pale crimson ; feet dusky QHeuglin). 

 Total length 7"8 inches, culmen 0'6, wing 4'55, tail 3"2, tarsus 0'65. 



Habitat. — South Africa. Along the south-eastern coast as far as 

 Caffraria (^Levaillant^ ; Swellendam (^Cairncross) ; George (i/. Atniore) ; 

 Natal (Axjres). N.E. Africa. Abyssinia, and probably on the Upper 

 White Nile (Heuglin^. W. Africa. River Gambia (^RendalV) ; Casamanze 

 (Verreaux^. 



Specimens examined. 

 E mus. Brit. — a, b. River Gambia {Rendall) . 

 E mus. R. B. S. — a. South Africa, b. Bejook, Bogos (Esler). 



10. Indicator xanthonotus. 



Indicator xanthonotus, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xi. p. 166 (1842), xiv. p. 198 (1845) ; Jerd. 111. Ind. 

 Orn. pi. L. (1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. A. S. B. p. 65 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 100; 



