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BIICEEOTIDiE. 



e,f. J ? ad. sk. Near Seuafc?, Feb., May. W. T. Blanfoid, Esq. 



[C.]. 



(J. $ ad. sk. Raroguddy [Jesse). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



//. 5 ad. sk. ]']f:it, Shoa, April (Harris). India Museunj. 



/. d' ad. St. Efat, Slioa, April {Harris). India Musedm. 



k. 6 ad. sk. Udi, Taite, Feb. Dr. Hildebrandt. 

 I, m. Skull and 

 skeleton. 



14. Lophoceros leucomelas. 



Buceros leucomelas, Lic/it. Verz. Sdiigeth. u. Voff. p. 17 (1842). 



lihynchaceros leucomelas, Cab. ^ Heine, Mus. Hein. ii. p. 1G6 

 (1860). 



Lophoceros leucomelas, Shelley, Ihis, 188S, p. 07. 



Buceros flavirostri.';, Schl. (nee Eiij)p.) Mus. Pays-Bas. i. Buceros, 

 p. 14 (1862); Ayres, Ibis, 1871, p. 200, 1879, p. 295. 



Tockus llavirostris, SMrjje, Cat. Afr. B. p. 9 [part., S. Afr.] (1871) ; 

 Gurney, ed. Anderss. B. Bamara-Land, p. 210 (1872) ; Bucklet/, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 365 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1875, p. 82 ; Sharpie, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. ]:J0 (1875) ; Elliot, Mon. Bucerot. pi. 51 [text, part.] 

 (1877); Sharjje in Oates' Matahele-land, App. p. 304 (1881); 

 Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 245; Holub u. Peh. Orn. Siidafr. p. 140 

 (1882). 



Alophius flavirostris, Dubois, Bull. Mus. Bvh/. iii. p. 218 Tpart.! 

 (1884). ^ f LI J 



Adult male. Plumage very similar to that ot L.JIavirosfris, hut 

 the top of the head is greyer, the white stripe down the middle of 

 the back wider, and the feathers of the chest have white shafts and 

 are edged on either side with black ; the white spots on the wing- 

 coverts are larger, and those on the primaries are confined to the 

 outer web from tlie fourth to the seventh quills, while the remainder 

 and ihe two first secondaries are unifoi-m black ; the fifth and sixth 

 secondaries and their coverts are nearly pure white and the 

 remainder are margined with white ; the third pair of tail-feathers 

 are black with the terminal third white, the fourth the same but 

 with a " window" of wliite in the end of tho black part ; the fifth 

 ]iair are white with black base and a black spot or band across 

 the middle of tho white : naked skin round the eye dark pink 

 like that of the throat (yellow in skin). Total length 22 inches, 

 wing 8'3, tail 9, tarsus 1-6. 



Adult female. Eesembles the adult male in all particulars, in- 

 cluding the naked skin round the eye and on the throat, which is 

 dark pink. Total length IT'S inches, wing 7-9, tail 8-3, tarsus I'O. 



Immature bird has the bill much darker than the adult, but is 

 otherwise quite similar. 



Hub. S. Africa. 



a. c? ad. sk. Makalaka (Bradshaw). Shelley Coll. 



b. 2 ad. sk. Kanye, Matabeli (Exton). Sharpe Coll. 



c. 2 ad. sk. Motloutsee, Aug. W. E. & C. G. 



Oates, Esqs. [P.]. 



d. (S ad. sk. Transvaal (Ayres). Sharpe Coll. 

 e-y. c? 2 ad. sk. Transvaal, July (Buckley). Shelley Coll. 



