upper back whitish at the base. Sides of head lighter, shading
gradually to olive-buff on throat, breast, and sides; middle of
abdomen still lighter, ivory-yellow. Upper wing-coverts and
secondaries fuscous-black (freshly molted feathers blacker)
narrowly edged with olive-ocher. Primaries similar, but yellowish
border almost entirely lacking; both primaries and secondaries
fading to pale olive-buff on their inner edges. Under
wing-coverts colored like the breast, but with faint dusky
shaft-streaks. Feathering of flanks ivory-yellow, with strong
blackish median lines. Two middle pairs of rectrices dull
blackish, 3rd pair whitish, with a small blackish spot on the
outer edge close to the tip, and a larger concealed black spot on
the inner web towards the base; the 3 remaining pairs of
rectrices white. The long median pair of under tail-coverts
blackish, the next pair similar, but margined with whitish, the
remainder ivory-yellow with faint shaft-streaks of dark brown.
Upper tail-coverts fuscous-black, bordered with amber-yellow.[1]

The bill, nostril, and feet resemble those of _Indicator
indicator_, but the bill is somewhat stouter, while the wings and
tail are shorter. The 9th (outer) primary is intermediate in
length between the 6th and 5th; the 7th and 8th are longest.

Iris bright brown, naked edges of eyelids grayish-brown; bill
dusky-brown; feet dull grayish-green.

Length (skin), 160 mm.; wing, 93.5; tail 56; bill (culmen from
base), 13.5; metatarsus, 14.

This unique specimen was shot by the describer from a tall tree in the
forest, where it was accompanied by one other of its kind. The sexual
organs were somewhat enlarged; the stomach filled with beeswax, mixed
with small pieces of insects. Apparently this species is not in the
habit of leading men to beehives.

[Illustration: Fig. 1. Tail of _Ceriocleptes xenurus_, from below.
Nat. size.]

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