72 8 Mr. W. L. Sclater on Birds collected 
thorn-bush, calling quietly to itself; this may have been a 
sort of song, as the usual note is loud and clear. I have 
seen so few examples of this species that I have been unable 
to make any exact observations on its babits. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill, legs and toes blue- 
slate-coloured.] 
446. Indicator variegatus. 
Z. Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1) ; Tv. Legogot, Apl. (1) ; 
P. Tambarara, July (1). 
[I have observed this Honey-Guide in the Knysna, Zulu- 
land, and Legogot, Eastern Transvaal, and from the forests 
of the Gorongoza district. As with the others, I have been 
extraordinarily unlucky in coming across this species, and it 
was only in the Eastern Transvaal that I was able in any 
way to study its habits. What has been said by Sparrmann 
about the guiding-habits of 7. indicator is equally true of 
this bird, and I have myself on several occasions found the 
nests of bees by its aid. At the Cape the natives say that it 
is useless to follow a pair, as they are only calling to each 
other, but that it is the single birds which endeavour to 
attract attention. I have not been able to prove this con¬ 
clusively, although it is true that all those which I have 
followed have been solitary. It does not, however, always 
happen that the bird takes its follower to honey, as it often 
brings him to snakes, leopards, and sometimes to game. 
The soft parts are:—Irides brown; bill blackish, pale at 
base of lower mandible; legs and toes pale slate-coloured.] 
447. Indicator minor. 
Z. Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1) ; Ngoye Hills, Oct. (1). 
[Only on the two occasions when I shot specimens did I 
find this little Honey-Guide. It appears to be very retiring 
in habits, and like I. variegatus is partial to well-wooded 
and forest country. I have not recorded its call or other 
habits, having seen so little of the species. 
The soft parts are :—Irides hazel; bill blackish brown, 
much paler at base of lower mandible ; legs and toes slate- 
coloured.] 
