ABYSSINIA AND THE BOGOS COUNTRY. 287 
Indicator archipelagicus et I. albirostris, Heugl. Syst. Uebers. nos. 491 et 492. 
pallidirostris, Heugl. Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 265. 
9. Maragaz. July 27 (no. 1774). 
The female differs from the old male in being above somewhat duller brown, and 
in wanting the black chin and throat as well as the white ear-spot; the whole under 
surface is dirty white, tinged faintly with pale brownish; the dark shaft-stripes on the 
sides are narrower than in the male; the white margins of the upper quill-coverts are 
wanting, the yellow on the humerus less developed ; the bill brownish horn-colour, not 
yellowish white; otherwise the female is similar to the male. 
Long. tota. Al. Caud. Culm. Tars. 
c. 6” 4” 2” 2” 5” 53” 7 
Indicator archipelagicus, Temm., from Borneo, to which Riippell and Heuglin refer 
this bird, is a very different species. I have compared specimens of Heuglin’s J. archi- 
pelagicus, from Galabat, in the Vienna Museum, with Cape specimens of J. sparrmani, 
and could not find any permanent difference. An old male from the Bariland, in the 
Vienna Museum, forwarded by a Catholic missionary, has the chin and throat black and 
a white ear-spot, like old birds from the Cape and Senegambia (Brem. Mus.). Heuglin’s 
I. pallidirostris, of which I have compared the type specimens from Wau and Bongo, 
is this species in a younger stage, having the black on the chin not yet developed, the 
ears dirty white, and the jugulum and breast tinged with yellow. The six Indicators 
of North-east Africa, mentioned by von Heuglin (Journ. f. Orn. 1864, p. 265), must be 
reduced to four—namely, J. major, Steph. (=J. barianus, Heugl. Syst. Uebers, no. 493 ; 
I have compared the type specimen in the Vienna Museum), J. sparrmant, Steph., J. 
minor, Steph., and I. conirostris, Cass. (=pachyrhynchus, Heugl.), the last being very 
probably equal to J. minor.—O. F. 
[Hye pale burnt-sienna; legs and feet dark grey. 
Contents of stomach fragments of insects and wax. I shot another specimen, which 
had guided us by its cry to honey, and paid dearly for it, or rather my naked servants 
did; for on trying to take the honey after killing the bird, the bees turned out to be 
“ stingers,” and I had to run away, leaving my specimen behind. One of my men was 
so badly stung as to be obliged to ride home. I did not meet with this bird else- 
where.—W. J.] 
168. InpicaToR Minor, Steph. 
Le petit Indicateur, Levaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 242. 
Indicator diadematus, Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. p. 61. 
minor, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 96. no. 350; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 494; id. Fauna des Roth. 
‘Meer. no. 202 ; Brehm, Habesch, p. 221. no. 114; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 515. no. 282. 
g. Waliko. July 30 (no. 588). 
The specimen agrées very well with a South-African specimen in the Bremen Museum. 
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