from Soinalilaiid ami Southern Abyssinia. 31'> 



20 J. Rhinopomastus minor. 



Rhinojjoviastus minor (Riipp.) ; Salvin, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvi. p. 26 (1892); Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 500; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 417 [N. SonialilandJ ; Hawker, Ibis, 

 1899, p. 76. 



? . Abyssinia, 15 January, 1899. (No. 197.) 



Iris brown ; bill orange ; legs black. 



206. BUCORAX ABVSSINICUS. 



Biicorax abyssinicus (Bodd.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 349 (1892) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 499. 



a. ? . Kassim river, Abyssinia, 19 January, 1899. (No. 

 246.) 



Iris brown ; bill and legs black ; skin on throat dark slate- 

 blue. 



207. LOPHOCEROS HEMPRICHI. 



Lophoceros hemprichi Ehr. ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 405 (1892) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 498. 



a. (^ . Feyambiro, Abyssinia, 26 December, 1898. (No. 

 37.) 



b. S ' Arriro, Abyssinia, 18 February, 1899. (No. 336.) 



a. Iris brown ; bill red-brown. 



b. Iris brown ; upper mandible dark brown, lower red- 

 brown ; legs black. 



208. Lophoceros nasutus, 



Lophoceros nasutus (Linn.) ; Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. 

 xvii. p. 406 (1892). 



a. S • Gerru, Abyssinia, 6 February, 1899. (No. 297.) 



Iris brown; bill black with white markings; legs black. 



[This Hornbill was often seen to hawk for locusts. I once 

 saw one of these birds with a snake 14 inches long in its bill, 

 and it was not easy to make out which of them appeared to 

 be in the greater difficulty. — L.] 



209. Lophoceros erythrorhynchus. 



Lophoceros erythrorhynchus (Temm.) ; Grant, Cat. B. 

 Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 409 (1892). 



Lophoceros medianus Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, p. 498; Lort 

 Phillips, Ibis, 1898, p. 417; Hawker, Ibis, 1891), p. 75. 



