318 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on a 



mandible more or less scarlet. It has been suggested by 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, in speaking of the allied black-billed 

 species /. melanorkynchus (cf. Ibis, 1905, p. 210), that the 

 partly red bill may be a characteristic of the female sex, but 

 in the present instance both birds are said to be males. It 

 must be added, however, that no reliance can be placed on 

 Mr. Bury's determinations. 



Rhinopomastus minor (Riipp.). 



Rhinopomastus minor Reich, ii. p. 347 (1902) ; Lort Phillips, 

 Ibis, 1898, p. 417. 



a-l. $ $ et ? imm. Burao, 7th Jan -22nd March, 1906. 



m-y. S ? • Waghar, 23rd July-30th Oct., 1905. 



Bill vermilion or reddish-orange ; legs and feet slate- 

 black. 



The length of the bill varies greatly with age, likewise the 

 width of the white wing-bar, the oldest birds having the 

 narrowest mirror. The brown ends of the primaries denote 

 the adult female and young, the adult males having the 

 primaries greenish-black to the tip. 



Family Bucerotid^e. 



Lophoceros hemprichi Ehrenb. 



Lophoceros hemprichi Reich, ii. p. 253 (1902). 



a-h. $ 2 et $ imm. Waghar, 14th July-31st Aug., 

 18th Sept. and 6th Nov., 1905. 



Iris dark brown ; bill dull red with an orange tinge at the 

 base ; legs and feet black. 



In the immature female the bill is black with the tip of 

 the lower mandible yellow ; legs dark slate-coloured. 



In the adult female Mr. Bury notes that the throat-patch 

 is sulphur-coloured and scantily feathered, and that the 

 base of the upper mandible is yellow. 



Lophoceros erythrorhynchus (Temm.). 

 Lophoceros erythrorhynchus Reich, ii. p. 262 (1902). 

 Lophoceros medianus Sharpe, Lort Phillips, Ibis, 1898, 

 p. 417. 



