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BUCEROTIDiE 



LOPHOCEROS 



a\ Bill red. 



«-'. Sides of the head and neck greyish L. eri/tlu-orJiyncJius, p. 116. 



b'-. Sides of the head and neck pure 



white L. dcDiiarensis, p. 117. 



&'. Bill yellow L, leucomelas, ]), 11^. 



428. Lophoceros melanoleucus. Crowned Homhill. 



Buceros melanoleucus, Licht. Cat. Bcr. Nat. Ear. p. 8 (1793). 



Le Calao couronne, Levaill. Ols. cVAfr. v, p. 117, pis. 234, 235 (1806). 



Buceros coronatus, Shaw {necBodd.), Gen. Zool. viii, p. 35 (1811) ; LajaixVs 



B. S. Afr. p. 225 (1867) ; id. Ibis, 1869, p. 372 [George]. 

 Tockus melanoleucus, Giirneij, Ibis, 1862, p. 157 [Natal] ; id. Andcrsson's 



B. Daniaraland, p. 208 (1872) ; SJcarpe, ed Laijard's B. S. Afr. p. 



127 (1875) ; Elliot, Mon. Bacerot. pi. 49 (1880) ; Schonland, Trans. 



S. A. Phil. Soc. IK, p. 1 (1897). 

 Lophoceros melanoleucus, Slielleij, Ibis, 1888, p. 61 ; Grant, Cat. B. M. 



xvii, p. 399 (1892) ; Shelleij, B. Afr. i, p. 114 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. 



Natal B. p. 98 (1899) ; Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 100 [Zambesi] . 

 "Toucan " of the Colonists. " Umkolwana " of Zulus (Woodward). 



Description. Adult. — Hes^d, which is slightly crested, brownish- 

 black, some of the feathers above the eye, ou the cheeks and nape 

 with white centres giving a mottled appearance ; ear-coverts silvery ; 



Fig. 37. — Lophoceros melanoleucus. x 



back, wings and tail dark brown, central and outer pair of tail- 

 feathers slightly, others broadly tipped with white ; wing-quills 

 slightly edged with buffy-white ; below, throat, chest and sides of 

 the body blackish-grey, rest of the under parts pure white. 



