. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . XIPKOi;A:y[ ?\\ \\ s si! ij- ,i ap:t ORB. IN^ESSORES. FAM. PICID.^. GEN. INDICATOR. PLATE L. INDICATOR XANTHONOTUS—BLYTH. YELLOW BACKED HONEY GUIDE. I CONSIDER the discovery of this bird at Darjeeling as one of the mostinteresting among the numerous novelties Mr. Blyth has had occasion to describeduring his sojourn in India.* The only recorded species belong to Africa, and theinterest attached to their peculiar habits has been r
. Illustrations of Indian ornithology : containing fifty figures of new, unfigured and interesting species of birds, chiefly from the south of India . XIPKOi;A:y[ ?\\ \\ s si! ij- ,i ap:t ORB. IN^ESSORES. FAM. PICID.^. GEN. INDICATOR. PLATE L. INDICATOR XANTHONOTUS—BLYTH. YELLOW BACKED HONEY GUIDE. I CONSIDER the discovery of this bird at Darjeeling as one of the mostinteresting among the numerous novelties Mr. Blyth has had occasion to describeduring his sojourn in India.* The only recorded species belong to Africa, and theinterest attached to their peculiar habits has been recorded by several travellers inthat country, and has I believe been confirmed by recent writers. For the informa-tion of such as have not had an opportunity of becoming acquainted with thesepeculiarities, I may here mention, that the common African Honey Guide (Indicator)is said to direct the negroes by a peculiar cry or whistle to the tree where the beeshave taken up their residence, advancing before them by longer or shorter flightsaccording to the greater or less distance of the object of pursuit. As it approachesthe tree, its flights become more limited, its whistle is repeated at shorter i
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