. The birds of South Africa. Birds. INDICATOEIDiE INDICATOR 147 Sandeman, "Eight months in an Ox Waggon," p. 235 (1880); reprinted in " Ibis," 1880, p. 286. Millais, " A breath from the Veldt," p. 185 (1895). Description. Adult male.—General colour above, dark brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts streaked with white, a golden- yellow patch on the shoulder formed by the tipping of some of the least wing-coverts ; outer coverts edged with whitish; wing-quills dark brown ; central pair of tail-feathers brown, others with increasing amounts of white until the outer
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. INDICATOEIDiE INDICATOR 147 Sandeman, "Eight months in an Ox Waggon," p. 235 (1880); reprinted in " Ibis," 1880, p. 286. Millais, " A breath from the Veldt," p. 185 (1895). Description. Adult male.—General colour above, dark brown, the rump and upper tail-coverts streaked with white, a golden- yellow patch on the shoulder formed by the tipping of some of the least wing-coverts ; outer coverts edged with whitish; wing-quills dark brown ; central pair of tail-feathers brown, others with increasing amounts of white until the outer pair are merely white tipped with brown; ear-coverts silvery ; throat and cheeks blacky rest of the lower surface and under wing-coverts slaty-white, almost pure white on the abdomen and under tail-coverts ; flanks streaked with dark brown shaft Fig. 49. Indicator sparrmani. x y. Iris yellowish-brown; bill whitish to pale pink ; legs and feet lead colour. Length about 7-25 ; wing 4-40; tail 3-30 ; culmsn 0-50 ; tarsus 0'62. The female is slightly smaller and has the throat and cheeks white instead of black ; bill dusky brown. A young male has but slight traces of the golden shoulder patches, but the crown and chest are slightly washed with yellow and the black throat is variegated with yellow and white. Distribution.—Sparrman's Honey Guide, though widely spread all over Africa, from Senegambia and Abyssinia southwards to Gape Colony, seems to be nowhere plentiful within our limits. The following are localities : Cape Colony—Cape division, Nov., Dec. (S. A. Mus.), Berg river, Nov. (8. A. Mus.), Swellendam (Sparrman, Atmore, and L'ayard), Knysna (S. A. Mus.), Elands Post in Stockenstroom, May (Atmore), King William's Town, May (Bt. Mus.), St. John's river in Pondoland (Woodward); Natal—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may n
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