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PROCEEDESTGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Species studied 



By Beddard 



Acer OS sp. 

 Bucorvus sp. 



By Fiirbringer 

 Bucorvus abyssinicus (Boddaert) 

 By Garrod 



Toccus 7nclanoleucus=TockHS alhoter- 



minatus australis (Roberts) (B-4-s) 

 Bnceros plicatus = Aceros plicnfus (J. R. 



Forster) (A-1) 

 Bnceros cnronatus= Anthracoceros coro- 



natus (Boddaert) (A-1) 

 Buceros atratus = Certogymna atrata 



(Temminck) (A-1) 



Buceros rhinoceros Linne (A-1) 



Buceros hicornis Linn6 (A-1) 



Bucorvus abyssinicus (Boddaert) (A-4) 



By Glenny 



Tockns alboterminatus (Biittikofer) (B— 



3a-d) 

 Tockus alboterminatus australis (Roberts) 



(2) (B-.3a-d) 

 Tockus flavirostris (Riippell) (B-3a-d) 

 Aceros undulatus (Sliaw) (A-1) 

 Anthracoceros coronatus convexus (Tem- 

 minck) (A-1) 



By Ottley 

 Bucorvus abyssinicus (Boddaert) (A-4) 



Order PICIFORMES 



Carotids B-4-s, except in the Galbiilidae (A-1); both the coracoid 

 and thoracic arteries are variable in location; ligamentum aortae 

 present but may be much reduced in some species; presence of the 

 ligamentum botalli is variable; vertebrals and superficial cervicals 

 variable in origin from the common carotid arteries. 



References: Bhaduri and Biswas, 1945, 1947; Garrod, 1873, Glenny, 

 1944a. 



Family Galbulidae 



Carotids A-1; both coracoid and thoracic arteries may be variable 

 (see list of species below); ligamentum botalli absent; vertebrals and 

 superficial cervicals variable in origin, but usually arise separately 

 from the common carotid. 



Species studied 



By Garrod 



Galbula albirostris Latham 

 Urogalba paradisea= Galbula dea ama- 

 sormm (Sclater) 



By Glenny 



Galbula ruficauda Cuvier (A) (Type 4 

 thoracic) 



Family Bucconidae 



Carotids B-4-s; coracoid and thoracic arteries variable (see list of 

 species below) ; ligamentum botalli reduced to a linea botalli or 

 lacking; origin of vertebrals and superficial cervicals variable; an 

 accessory oesophageal artery arises as a branch of the left common 

 carotid artery. 



