208 BIllDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



bcasal part yellowish white, and the tips of both mandi- 

 bles reddish. 



252. Tockus melanoleuCUS (Lioht.). Crowned Hombill. 

 Le Calao couroune, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 2.34 & 2.35. 

 Buceros corouuins, Layard's Cat. No. 4-53. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 40o. 



Buceros melanoleucvs, Finsch & Tlartlaub's Vcigel (Jst-Afrilca's, 



p. 485. 

 Tockus melfDwlmcus, Sliarpe's Cat. No. 78. 



The food of this Hornbill consists of beetles and 

 lizards. 



The iris is yellow, the tarsus brown, the bill reddish 

 yellow. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 21 



Length of folded wing 10 9 



„ tarsus 1 () 



„ middle toe 10 



„ tail 9 .3 



„ bill along the curve ... .3 ^i 



[Mr. Andcrsson has not recorded in his MS. the localities 

 in which he met with this species; hut in the appendix to 

 Mr. Chapman's Travels [Joe. cit.) it is spoken of as " not very 

 abundant in Damara Lantl.^' An example from Ovarapo Land 

 was contained in INIr. Andersson's last collection. — Ed.] 



253. Tockus Monteiri, Hartl. Monteiro's Hornbill. 



ToccuA Monteiri, Hartlaub, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1805, pi. 5. 

 Tockus Monteiri, Sharpe's Cat. No. 70. 



This Hornbill is not very abundant in Damara Land ; 

 it is usually seen in pairs ; but occasionally half a dozen 

 individuals may be found in close proximity to one 



