270 Mr. C. H. B. Grant on a Collection of 



[Irides brown ; bill black, base of lower mandible red ; 

 legs and toes reddish black; black in front and red beliind 

 in the female from Loita.] 



140. Bucorviis abyssinicus. Abyssinian Ground Hornbill. 



Buceros abyssinicus Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. 1783, p. 48 : 

 Abyssinia, cf. Lath. Syn. Birds, vol. i. 1781, p. 347. 



a. S ad. 70 miles N.W. of Baringo, 3500 ft. Jan. 3. 



Total length in flesh : 41;^ inches. Wing : 545 mm. 



In faded brownish dress, new black feathering appearing 

 all over. 



[Irides brown ; bill black, base of upper mandible striped 

 white, red, and black ; bare skin blue ; legs and toes black. 

 Stomach contained ants and hoofs of a goat. I noticed 

 these birds generally in small parties of from three to five 

 individuals, either walking in the long rough grass, or more 

 rarely perched in trees. They were nearly always very wild 

 and difficult to shoot.] 



141. Lophoceros hemprichii. Hemprich's Hornbill. 



Buceros, Lophoceros, hemprichii Ehr. Symb. Phys., Av. 

 1828, fol. aa. footnote 3 : Abyssinian coast-lands. 



a. ? ad. Mt. Maroto, 4500 ft. Jan. 29. 



Total length in flesh : 23^ inches. Wing : 263 mm. 



A good deal worn and faded, and in moult. 



[Irides brown; bare skin sulphur-yellow; bill: upper 

 mandible at base light reddish white, near cutting-edge 

 darker, tip mahogany red, centre black; lower mandible 

 at base reddish brown, centre black, tip mahogany red, 

 cutting-edge black; legs and toes black. I only saw one 

 pair of this Hornbill, one morning soon after daybreak.] 



142. Lophoceros nasutus nasutus. North African Gray 

 Hornbill. 



Buceros nasutus Linn. Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, p. 154 : 

 Senegal, 



a. S ad. Amala River, 5500 ft. Oct. 12. 



h. cT ad. Narossura River, 5000 ft. Nov. 16. 



c. S ad. Kamchuru, Lobor, 3200 ft. Feb. 11. 



