honeyguide

Updated: May 28, 2025

For a moment he paused, looking round, with his funny, "earless," flat head in the air, as if he expected, or listened for, the honey-guide; but the honeyguide was half a mile away, leading some natives who, by the way, were endeavoring to copy the crooning, whistling replies of a ratel to honey. No honey-guide? Then he must go and search for himself.

F. St. Mars - The Way of the Wild