— 141 — 



Dtstinguis/iing characters. — No white flecks on the wing ; 

 chin pure black. 



2. — TrOPICRANUS AI.BOCRISTATUS MACROURUS. 



Beretiïcorm's inacrourus Bonat., Consp. Av. I, 1850, p. qi. — 

 Tvpe localitv : Ashantee. 



Range. — Gold Coast Colonv. 



Distingiiishiiig characters. — No white flecks on the wing ; 

 chin black and white interniixed. 



3. — TrOPICKAMS AI.BOCRISTATUS CASSINI. 



Cf. supra. 



Range. — S. Nigeria, N. Belgian Congo, Caineroon, Gaboon. 



Distingiiishing characters. — Wings flecked with white on 

 coverts. 



(The sv Monkev-bird » of the West Coast is not common but 

 fairlv well distributed in dense forest which it seldom leaves. It is 

 generallv met with in pairs and feeds chiefiv on oil Palm nuts. One 

 spécimen shot had just eaten a slug and a butterflv. — W.P.L.) 



Ceratogymna elata. 



Buceros elatiis Temm, PI. Col., iivr. 88, pi. 521, fig. i, 1831. — 

 Type localitv : none Sierra Leone apud H.arti.., /. /. O., 

 1854, p. 126). 



A spécimen of the Yellow-casque Hornbill was obtained bv 

 Mann at Okeodan, S. Nigeria and is now in the Stiittgart Muséum. 

 Neither Mr. Lowe nor Mr. Kemp secured it. 



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