250 :\rr. Cuy A. K. M;ivsli:.ll on 



strikes one as being very iucongruons in so large a bird ; it 

 lias a very characteristic, jerky^ dipping flight. Stomachs 

 examined contained locusts, raantides, coleoptera, and fibrous 

 vegetable matter, but I have also seen this Ilornbill feeding 

 on fruits and seeds. It will occasionally descend to feed on 

 the ground. • 



\'2\). LoiMiocKRos LEUCOMELAs. ( Yeliow-billcd Hornbill.) 

 Much scarcer than the prccediiig species in the vicinity 

 of Salisbury, but very plentiful in the heavier bush, where its 

 loud yelping cries are continually to be heard. It occurs in 

 small flocks, and is not neai-ly so shy as L. epii'h'mus, wdiile, 

 unlike that bird, it perches on the topmost branches of 

 high trees, where it bobs its head up and down, uttering 

 its loud " toe, toe, toeke, tocke, toe." Its bill is a very 

 powerful instrument, and I have often wondered at the ease 

 with which it can open the huge pods of a large leguminous 

 tree which I have found hard enough to s})lit with a hammer. 

 Its stomach contained locusts, termites, and ants. 



There is another larger and casqued Hornbill, of which I 

 have seen a few flocks on the Umfuli and near Salisbury; 

 I suspect this is the Trumpeter Hornbill (Bycanistes buc- 

 cinator Temm.), but unfortunately I have never succeeded 

 in getting within range, as the birds are very wild. 



130. Campothera sMiTHi. (Smith's Woodpecker.) 



I have not succeeded in identifying this species, though 

 Mr. Ayres remarks that it was not very scarce along the 

 Umfuli. 



131. Campothera bennetti. (Bennett's Woodpecker.) 

 Not uncommon throughout the year. Stomachs contained 



coleoptera {Oosomus, Cassida, &c.) and black ants. 



132. Dendropicus cardinalis. (Cardinal Woodpecker.) 

 This little species is much the commonest of our Wood- 

 peckers. 



133. Thripias xamaquus. (Bearded Woodpecker.) 

 Oulv a few^ examples of this species have come under my 



notice, but it has not improbably been overlooked. 



