A Bush Shrike [Dryo.scoj'ni-'i funebris). 
Speke’s “ Blaek metal-toned Whistler.” 
other backwards. The other feature is not to the credit 
of either bird, for it is asserted that the honey-guide, 
like the cuckoo, lays its eggs in the nest of some other 
bird and allows the rightful owner of tha nest to hatch 
put both sets of eggs, 
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The honey-guide was originally described as a cuckoo 
{CuGulus indicator), sometimes the Bee cuckoo. It 
resembles the cuckoos in two particulars. Its feet are 
zygodactylous, that is, the four toes are arranged in two 
pairs, of which one pair is turned forward and the 
