132 INDICATOEID^. — CAPITONIDJ!. 



Order SCANSOEES. 



Sub-Order INDICAT0RES. 



Family INDICATORID^. 



Genus INDICATOR, Vieill. 



Indicator minor, Ste^Ji. 



Indicator minor, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, p. 169 (1875-84) ; 

 Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 9 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 176 

 (1900). 



The eggs of the Little Honey-Guide in the Collection are white, 

 of an oval form, smooth in texture, with a slight amount of 

 gloss. They measure respectively : "88 by '69 ; ■85 by '69 ; '82 

 by -61. 



3. S. Africa. "W. EadclifiFe Saunders, Esq. [P.]. 



Sub-Order CAPITONES. 



Family CAPITONID^. 



The eggs of the Barbets are plain white. The shell is compact 

 and firm, but has seldom much gloss. They are generally of a 

 regular oval form. 



Genus TEICHOL.a:iIA, J. 6f K Verr. 

 Tricholsema leucomelan (Bodd.). 



Pogonorhynchus leucomelas, Sharpe, ed. Layard's Birds S. Africa, -p. 173 



(1875-84) 

 Tricholsema leucomelan, Shelley, Cat. Birds B. M. xix. p. 31 (1891) ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 180 (1900) ; Ivy, iJw, 1901, p. 22, 



An egg of the Pied Barbet in the Collection is of a narrow oval 

 form, slightly rough in texture, and devoid of gloss. It measures 

 •92 by -63. 



1. Cape Colony {T. Aimore; Tris- Crowley Bequest. 

 tram Coll.). 



