BTTCRROTES. l!),") 



Merops viridis. 



Alerops viridis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. ]). 182 (1700) ; Shar;)(\ (";it. 

 B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 78 (1891). 



Little GtReen Bee-ea.ter. 



Hah. Nortli Africa, through Persia to India and l>iii'ina. 



831. Skoleton. From Upper Eoypt. 0. C. A. 1483 c. 



Presented hy Prof. Flowe>', F.B.S. 



832. Sternum, with shoulder-oirdle. From Egypt. S. S. 2597. 



Presented h// Prof. Flower, F.R.S. 



833. Sfernuni, with shoulder-girdle. From India. S. S. 1902. 



Presented l>>j Dr. J. Anderson, F.R.S. 



Snlmnh'r III. BUCEROTKS. 



A. Palate (h'smognathous. 



B, Basipterygoid processes present. 



(J. Sternum with two notches in posterior margin ; tlie e pi- 

 sternal process perforated to receive the sternal ends of 

 the coracoids. (See fig. 4G, p. 193.) 



U. Hallux })resent, and connected with the Jie.vor perforans 

 digitornni instead of the fexor lon</us halluax. 



E. Spinal feather-tract not defined on the neck, whicli has no 

 lateral bare tracts. 



(Unas BUCORVUS. 

 Lesson, Traitt' d'Orn. \). 2.")0 (18.")1). 



Bucorvus abyssinicus. 



Bnceros alii/ssinicus-, Boddacrt, Tul)l. PL Eiihiin. no. 779 (178;^). 

 Bucorvus ahyssinicus, Elliot, Monogr. Buccrot. \)]. i. (1877). 



The Abyssinian Ground-Hornbill. 



Tlah. N.E. Africa. 



834,835. Skulls of male and female. " Adda Gomba." 0. C. 

 1504, 1505. Presented hij ILnrn Salt, Esq. 



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