1. BXTCOEAX. 351 



e. Ad. sk. N. Africa. 



f. Head only. 



g. Sternum. Abyssinia. W. T. Blanford, Esq. [P.]. 

 h. Skeleton. W. Africa. Zoological Soc. Coll. 



i. Tmm, skull. 



2. Bucorax caflfer. 



Bucorax abyssiuicus, Gurney {nee JBodd.), Ibis, 1861, p. 132; ? Mon- 



teiro, Ibis, 1862, p. 338 ; Kirk, Ibis, 1864, p. 326. 

 Bucorvus abyssiuicus, ? Sclafer, P. Z. S. 1864, p. Ill ; Layard, B. 



S. Afr. p. 228 (1867) ; Gurneij, Ibis, 1868, p. 162 ; Ai/res, Ibis, 



1869, p. 296 ; Gurney, ed. Anderss. B. Damaraland, p. 205 



(1872) ; id. P. Z. S. 1876, p. 60 ; Boccuje, Orn. Am/ula, p. Ill 



(1881) ; SheUey, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 591. 

 Tmetoceros abyssiuicus, Finsch u. Hartl. Viig. O.-Afi: p. 480 



[part] (1870); Fi>isch, Zeit. ges. Orn. 1884, p. 361; id. J. f. O. 



1885, p. 126; Reichen. J.f. 0. 1887, p. 60. 

 Tmetoceros liabessinicus, Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 731 [part] 



(1871). 

 Buceros caruuculatus, Tar. cafer, Schl. Mus, Pays-Bas, i. Buceros, 



p. 20 (1862). 

 Bucorax cafer, Socage, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 698, figs. 2, 5, & 6 ; id. J. 



Ac. Sc. Lisb. no. xvi. p. 284 (1873) ; ibid. uo. xvii. p. 57 (1874) ; 



ibid. no. xix. p. 149 (1876) ; Sharps, in Layard^s B. S. Afr. pp. 122 



& 808 (1875) ; Bocage, Orn. Ayigola, p. Ill (1881). 

 Bucorvus cafer, Elliot, Man. Bucerot, pi. 3 [text] (1880) ; Shelley, 



Ibis, 1882, p. 245. 

 Bucorvus cafler, Shelley, Ibis, 1888, p. 49. 

 Bucorvus abyssiuicus, var. cafer, Dubois, Bull. Mus. Belg. iii. p. 222 



(1884). 



Adult male. Plumage similar to B. abyssinicus: bare skin of 

 ueck and round eye bright red ; iris light brown ; legs black ; bill 

 and casque black, the latter sloping gradually to the culmen and 

 scarcely open anteriorly. Total length 40 inches, wing 22, tail 13-5, 

 tarsus 5'5. 



Adult female. Resembles the male in plumage and differs only 

 in having the bare skin of the throat and round the eye blue. 



In a somewhat immature example the tail is tipped with white 

 and the plumage is browner, especially on the underparts of the 

 body, while the white primaries are mixed with black. 



Hab. South and East Africa ; Siik Country (Jaclcson) ; ? Angola. 



a. S ad. sk. Zululand, June (Gordge). Shelley Coll. 



b, c. Ad. et imm. Pangani River, Jan. (Kirk). Shelley Coll. 



d. 2 ad. sk. Cape. Sir A.' Smith [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Cape. Purchased. 



/. Ad. sk. S. Africa. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



[P-]- 

 g. Ad. St. S. Africa. Purchased. 



k, S ad. sk. Humbe, April (Anchieta). SheUey Coll. 



i, k. Heads only. 



