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Range. — The iniddle reaches of the Congo river, Eastern 

 Caineroon (River Ja), Uelle river district of N. Belgian Congo. 



Distingnis/iiiig cluiracters. — See original description where 

 the matter is discussed in détail. 



(The « Laughing Hornbill * or « Rascal Bird * is verv cominon, 

 feeding often on maize. It is a folly bird and life seems to be one 

 perpetnal source of fun. Should one trv and stalk thèse birds thev 

 generallv make oflf laughing at one! Its notes are quite ditîerent 

 to the Sierra Leone species. — VV. P. L.) 



Bycanistes albotibialis. 



Buenos albotibialis Cabanis and Keichw., J. f. O., 1877, p. ig. 

 — Type locality : Loango. 



An example of the White-thighed Hornbill was obtained by 

 Mann at Okeodan just north of Lagos and is in the Stuttgart 

 Muséum, so I am informed bv Professor Neumann who identified 

 the spécimen. 



This is an interesting extension of the range of this bird north- 

 wards. It had not been obtained north of Cameroon hitherto. 



Range. — Southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gaboon south to 

 Loango, N. Belgian Congo (Upper Uelle district). 



Lophoceros semifasciatus. 



Buceros semifasciatus Hartl., J. f. O., 1855, p. 356. — Type 

 locality : Rio Boutrv, Gold Coast. 



The three spécimens of the Allied Hornliill which Mr. L(j\vk 

 shot at Iju extend the range of this species into Southern Nigeria. 

 From Northern Nigeria it had been obtained by W. A. Forbes at 

 Shonga and there is another example in the British Muséum from 

 the Niger river. 



