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Range. — Représentée! in the British Muséum froni Portuguese 

 Guinea, Sierra Leone, Libéria, Gold Coast, Nortliern and Southern 

 Nigeria. 



It is reported from Senegambia also and doubtless occurs in ail 

 the suitable intermediate country between Sénégal and the Niger. 



In Lower Guinea its place is taken by Lophoccros fasciatus 

 (Shaw) which ranges from Cameroon south to Northern Angola, 

 through the North Belgian Congo to Uganda. 



(Bv far the commonest Hornbill, with a feeble squeaky note 

 and feeble tlight. I saw a pair around a large tree with a hole in it 

 which was being enlarged on Jan. sgth for nesting purposes. — 

 W. P. L.) 



Lophoceros camurus pulchrirostris. 



Buceros ptdchrirostris Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., I, 1863, 

 p. 74. — Tvpe locality : St. George, Elmina, Gold Coast. 



Two examples of the Upper-Guinea Red-billed Hornbill were 

 shot at Iju bv Mr. Lowe. This extends the known range of this 

 bird to Southern Nigeria. Hitherto it had not been recorded east 

 of the Gold Coast. 



There are two races of the Dwarf Red-billed Hornbill : 



1 . — Lophoceros camurus camurus. 



Tockiis canmrus Cassin, Proc. Ac. Phil., VIII (read Dec. 1856), 

 p. 319. — Tvpe locality : Cape Lopez, Gaboon. 



Range. — Cameroon, Gaboon, N. Belgian Congo, Niam-Niam. 



2. — Lophoceros camurus pulchrirostris. 



Cf. supra. 



Range. — Represented in the British Muséum from Libéria, 

 the Gold Coast and Southern Nigeria. 



