328 cuckow. 



84— GREAT HONEY CUCKOW. 



Le grand Indicateur, Levail. Afr.v. 1.2. Tern. Man. Ed. \\. Anal. p. lxxiii. 

 Indicator major, Great Honey Guide, Gen. Zool. ix. p. 139. pi. 27. 



LENGTH ten inches. Bill brown; irides the same; plumage 

 above brownish olive green, yellowish in a certain light ; the rump 

 white ; upper tail coverts white, varied with olive ; quills dirty olive 

 brown, externally olive green ; the three outer tail feathers white, 

 with a brown spot at the tip ; the rest olive brown, with the outer 

 webs white ; fore part of the neck and breast pale yellow ; the middle 

 of the neck varied with black spots, which ascend to the throat ; the 

 rest of the under parts yellow ; legs brown. 



The female is rather smaller, and the green colour more inclined 

 to yellow; the forehead spotted with yellowish white; throat, fore 

 part of the neck, breast, and sides varied brownish black, and 

 yellowish white ; in other things not unlike the male. 



Inhabits the parts within the Cape of Good Hope, especially the 

 Hottniquas and Canraria ; the female lays four dirty white eggs ? 

 which both sexes sit on alternately, during the time of incubation. 



85— LESSER HONEY CUKCOW. 



Le petit Indicateur, Levail. Afr. v. 137. pi. 242. Gen. Zool. ix. p. 140. 



THIS is about the size of the House Sparrow : length six inches. 

 Bill and irides yellowish ; top of the head olive grey, passing on the 

 back of the neck, where it is yellowish olive; the same on the upper 

 parts of the plumage in general ; quills dusky, edged with yellowish 

 green ; beneath the eye a dusky streak, giving the appearance of a 



