66 Capt. G. E. Shelley on the 



Sennaar^ Kordofan, and the whole of Abyssinia^ with the 

 exception of the high mountain regions. Sobat^ White Nile, 

 Gazelle River westward to the Kosanga. The coast-lands of 

 Samhar, in Danakil, Somali Land, and South Arabia (Heug- 

 lin^) ; Rayrayguddy {Jesse^); Keren {Antinori &^ Beccari^^) ; 

 Mayen, at 3500 feet; Senafe, Samhar, Lebka Valley, and 

 Anseba River {BlanforcP°) ; Shoa {Antinori^^) ; Efat, in Shoa 

 {Harris, Brit. Miis.) ; Lado {Emin Pacha^) ; Dembo,in Nyam- 

 nyam (So/?«6?or^^"*); Usaramo,Nguruman,Mossiro(F/sc/«e?*^^); 

 Taita {Hildebrandt''') ; Kakoma {Bohm'' ""'). S. Africa : Zam- 

 besi (Kirk-) ; Tette {Kirk, Brit.Mus.) ; Matabele and Bamang- 

 wato (7". E. Buckley^*); Mashoona {Ayres) ; Transvaal 

 {Ayres'^ ~^) ; Knysna (Fic/orm^^). Lake Ngami, Okavango 

 River, and Ondonga in Ovampo-land {Andersson^^) ; Cunene 

 River, Huilla, and Capangombe in Mossamedes {Anchieta^^) . 

 In W. Africa : Cabinda, N. of the Congo {Anchieta'"') ; Abhor 

 {Thomson^) and Gora on the Niger {Hartert^'^) ; Gold Coast, 

 Yantee {Ussher^) ; Rio Boutry {Pel); Senegambia" {Roche- 

 h-une^") ', Casamanse {Verreaux). 



23. LOPHOCEROS DAMARENSIS, Sp. n. 



? Buceros erythrorhynchus, Sundev. (nee Temm.). 



Tockus erythrorhynchus, Gurney, ed. Anderss. Damara Ld. 

 p. 211 (part., Damara). 



The only specimens of this species which I believe to be 

 known are two males in the British Museum, labelled re- 

 spectively Objimbinque and Schmelen^s Hope {Andersson). 



Mr. Andersson, in writing about L. erythrorhynchus , per- 

 fectly recognized this form, which he well described. He 

 observes : — " I have also met with it in Damara Land proper, 

 at Objimbinque and Schmelen's Hope ; but specimens from 

 these two last-named localities differ considerably from those 

 found in more northern parts.^' As to its being a sexual or 

 seasonal plumage, this is disproved by the very large series 

 of L. erythrorhynchus I have examined from nearly all parts 

 of Africa. The white forehead is, perhaps, its strongest 

 specific mark ; and as Prof. Sundevall appears to have taken 

 this as typical L. erythrorhynchus . and re-named the really 



