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INDICATOR. HONEY-GUIDE. 



Generic Character. 



Rostrum robustuin, conicum, 

 basi dilatatum, versus api- 

 cem angustum, mandibula 

 superiore arcuato carinata, 

 inferiore apice recurvato. 



Nares plumis subtectae. 



Pedes simp] ices, digitis duobus 

 anticis, duobus posticis ; di- 

 gito postico externe lon- 

 giore, ungue breve in- 

 structo. 



Beak strong, conic, dilated at 

 the base, narrow towards 

 the tip; the upper mandi- 

 ble bent and carinated, the 

 lower one recurved at the 

 tip. 



Nostrils slightly covered with 

 feathers. 



Feet simple, with two toes 

 before and two behind ; the 

 external hinder toe longest, 

 armed with a short claw. 



TThE Honey-guides form a very peculiar genus, 

 having a solid, conic, and arched beak, with a 

 ridge on the upper mandible, the point of the under 

 mandible being inserted into a groove in that of 

 the upper one : the nostrils are placed high, each 

 in a deep impression, and covered partially with 

 feathers, which incline rather to the sides of the 

 beak than to the middle : head small : eyes rather 

 open : tongue flat, triangular, and short : body 

 long and straight : toes strong and short : wings 

 long, and reaching to the middle of the tail, which 

 consists of twelve feathers, having the middle ones 

 shorter than those on each side, and the three 



