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bird found here in abundance is the vivacious brown 
chat with white wings, termed by witty widows the 
flirting chat, because it spends so much time in courting 
the hens. These birds seem to be dancing, singing, or 
fluttering in the air as long as the sun shines. 
The Honey-guide {Indicator major). 
Natives find this bird useful, as it leads them to the bees’ nests, but 
sportsmen regard it as a nuisance, for it alarms the game by its 
twittering. 
The houey-guides have nothing to recommend them¬ 
selves to the notice of man in the way of size or 
plumage. They are about the size of larks, with dun- 
coloured plumage and bills like sparrows. Some of 
these birds have the habit of leading men to the nests 
of bees. This habit was first described by Sparrman 
