412 BULLETIN 15 3, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Besides the specimens collected Mearns noted this species as fol- 

 lows : Gato River, March 29 to May 17, 100 seen ; Bodessa and Sagon 

 River, May 18 to June 6, 30 birds observed. 



The nestlings taken on May 15 at Gato River indicate that the 

 breeding season must begin in late March, if not sooner. It appears 

 that this hornbill may lay more than two eggs, as Bohm *^ found four 

 fledged young of L. n. epirhmus^ at Luagula on September 26, which 

 his black boy is said to have taken from one nest, 



Mearns noted the contents of the stomachs of three of the birds 

 in the present series. Two males (one immature and one adult) 

 from the Tana River had been feeding on the fruits of a large tree 

 (fig ?), the fruits about the size of a large pea; the other, a male 

 from the Gato River, had insects and fruit pulp in its stomach. 



LOPHOCEROS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS ERYTHRORHYNCHUS (Temminck) 



Buceros erythrorhyncJms Temminck, PI. Col., livr. 36, sp. 19, 1823: Senegal. 

 Specimens collected: 



Six males, thirteen females. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, November 27 to 

 December 20, 1911. 



One male, Tolo, Ethiopia, December 16, 1911. 



One male, one female, Duletcha, Ethiopia, January 24, 1912. 



One male, one female, Sadi Malka, Ethiopia, February 2-3, 1912. 



Two males, one female, Sagon River, Ethiopia, May 19 to June 

 6. 1912. 



One male, five females, Tertale, Ethiopia, June 7-11, 1912. 



One male, 'Turturo, Ethiopia, June 15, 1912. 



One male, Wobok, Ethiopia, June 19, 1912. 



One male, one female, Yebo, Ethiopia, June 21, 1912. 



One female, Endoto Mountains, Kenya Colony, July 12, 1912. 



Two females, Endoto Mountains, south, Kenya Colony, July 23, 

 1912. 



One male, one female, Er-re-re Villages, Kenya Colony, July 25, 

 1912. 



One male, Malele, Kenya Colony, July 27, 1912. 



One male, 25 miles north of Northern Guaso Nyiro River, Kenya 

 Colony, July 30, 1912. 



One [female] , Lekiundu River, Kenya Colony, August 5, 1912. 



One male, one female, Tana River at mouth of Thika River, Kenya 

 Colony, August 23-24, 1912. 



Soft parts: Male — bill red, loAver half of mandible black. Fe- 

 male — bill vinaceous red all around, dusky at the tip, and yellowish 

 at the base. One specimen has a blackish bar along the lower border 

 of the mandible. 



*»Cf. Reicheuow, Vog. Afr., vol. 2, p. 260. 



