bij Mr. Claude Grant in Sonth Africa. 721 



The soft parts of an adult are : — Irides pale yellow ; bare 

 skin above eye bluish white, behind and below eye and at 

 base of cheeks adjoining the lower mandible pinkish flesh- 

 coloured ; the throat and neck pale white ; bill, upper 

 mandible very dark tomato-red, whitish horn-coloured at 

 the base, lower mandible whitish horn-coloured at base, next 

 part blackish, apical two-thirds and cutting-edges very dark 

 tomato-red ; legs and toes sooty black.] 



433. LOPHOCEROS LEUCOMELAS. 



Z. Hluhluwe Stream, Aug. (1) ; Tv. Klein Letaba, 

 July, Aug., Sept. (6) ; P. Tete, Sept. (1). 



[" Umxeu'"' of the Zulus; " Nkolii^' of the ]Machangaans. 



The Yellow-billed Ilornbill has been noted at the 

 Hluhluwe Stream, Zululand, the Klein Letaba, and in the 

 Tete district of Portuguese East Africa. It Avas not seen in 

 the other localities visited; and as it is a striking species it 

 cannot easily be overlooked. It was by no means common 

 in Zululand, or in the Tete district, but was very plentiful at 

 the Klein Letaba. It inhabits bush country, usually singly 

 or in pairs, and was seen sitting on the top of thorn-trees or 

 halfway up a Mopani : it feeds on fruit and berries and 

 insects of all kinds, for which it visits grass-fires. The flight 

 is quite Hornbill-like, and the cry is a single loud and clear 

 note, a sort of cross between a mew and a whistle. 



The soft parts of an adult are: — Irides bright yellow; 

 bare skin round eyes, base of cheeks, and throat pale flesh- 

 coloured ; bill yellow-chrome, tips and cutting-edge of both 

 mandibles blackish.] 



431. Hapaloderma naru-'a. 



CC. Knysna, Jan. (2); N. Illovo, Nov. (1); Z. Sibu- 

 deni, Oct., Nov., Dec, Jan., Feb. (6) ; Ngoye, Sept., Oct. 

 (4) ; Tv. Wood bush, Dec, Jan., Feb. (5). 



A young bird just fledged, but M'ith the tail still ungrown, 

 was obtained at Woodbush on January 29. It is green 

 above, much as is the adult, but has a number of con- 

 spicuous Avhite spots on the coverts and inner secondaries ; 



