by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 719 



forests than other members of the genus, and is not usually 

 found in ordinary bush-veld. It is somewhat locally dis- 

 tributed, aud was found in the Knysna, at Sibudeui and 

 Ngoye in Zululand, aud in the luhambaue, Beira, Gorongoza, 

 and Tete districts of Portuguese East Africa, but does not 

 exist at Zuurbron, Legogot, or the "Woodbush Hills, although 

 these localities are well forested aud, one would think, well 

 suited to its habits. It is generally observed iu flocks of 

 about a dozen individuals, and in pairs or family-parties iu 

 the summer season. The flight is graceful and floatiug, 

 without a great deal of flapping, and it usually perches 

 on the topmost boughs of the trees. It feeds on insects 

 of various kinds, Avild fruit and berries, and ofteu visits 

 orchards aud lauds for the fruit and grain, especially 

 kaftir corn. I have seen it catch locusts and grasshoppers 

 on the wing with a pretty easy grace. The call is almost a 

 whistle, rather shrill aud of several syllables, the middle 

 ones uttered rapidly. 



The soft parts of the adult are : — ^ . Irides pale yellow ; 

 bare skin round eyes and at base of cheeks adjoining the 

 lower mandible sooty black ; bill dull red, pale yellow at 

 base of both mandibles ; legs and toes dull black. 



? . Soft parts as iu male, except the bare skin round eyes 

 and at base of cheeks adjoining the lower mandible, which is 

 pale green. In a young female the irides are greyish yellow j 

 bare skin round eyes aud base of cheeks paler green ; bill 

 duller and lighter, without the pale yellow at base.] 



430. LoPHOCEROS EPIRHINUS, 



Tv. Klein Letaba, Aug. (4-). 



[" Xkolu " of the Machangaans. 



Only iu the low bush-veld of the North-Eastern Transvaal 

 have I seen this Ilornbill aud it was there fairly plentiful. 

 It is usually in pairs, and has au easy graceful flight as it 

 moves from tree to tree. In company with L. leiicomelas it 

 came in numbers to the grass-flres, aud would perch on the 

 lowest branches of the Alopani trees or bushes in front of 

 the fire and dart down on the numerous grasshoppers and 

 other insects that were driven out. Insects of various kinds 



