498 . 1)B. R. B. SHAEPE OX BIRDS [^laj 21, 



art. no. 10, p. 3 (1886) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 239 

 (1892). 



Halcyon cTielicutu Eeichen. Yog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 131 (1894). 



a. S ad. Milmil, July 26, 1894. 



Found along the Abyssinian coast-region, and through Abys- 

 sinia excepting on the high mountains, and Heuglin also says that 

 lie met with the species in Takah, Galabat, and Senar. It has not 

 been met Avith in Shoa by the Italian travellers, nor by Mr. Jackson 

 in any of bis expeditions to Uganda ; and Dr. Eeicheno\A' only 

 records the species from Kakoma, Ussandani, and Wembere. 



Fam. BrcEHOTiD,?:. 



119. LOPHOCEROS HEMPEICHI. 



Buceros Tiempricliii, Ebr. : Heugl. Orn. X.O.-Afr. i. p. 721 

 (1869). 



Lojilioceros hemprichii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) \\. p. 218 

 (1888) ; Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 405 (1892). 



Toclcus liemprichii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 103 

 (1884). 



a. c? ad. Darro Mountains, Xov. 17, 1894. Iris yellowish 

 brown ; bill brownish crimson, the under mandible brighter. 



In Abyssinia Heuglin states that this species is found in the 

 Dega region from 5000 to 11,000 feet, and says that, if his 

 recollection is correct, he has also received it from the Upper 

 AYhite Xile and from Southern Kordofan. He also records it 

 from Tigre and Ambara, eastwards to the Taranta Pass and 

 Mensa. In Shoa, Antinori says the species is rare in Ambo-Karra, 

 commou on the Waina Dega and the Dega. Dr. Eagazzi found 

 it plentiful in the parts of Shoa he visited, but it does not occur in 

 German East Africa. 



120. LOPHOCEEOS MEDlAKtJS, n. Sp. 



Lophoceros erythrorhyncTius?, Salvad. Mem. E. Accad. Torino, 

 (2) xliv. p. 553. 



a. Dabulh, Sept. 16, 1894. Iris dark brown; orbits white, 

 shaded with pinkish grey ; bill red, the base white, merging 

 into black on the lower mandible. 



I have compared this species with L. damarensis, Shelley, and 

 it is so very much smaller than that bird that it cannot be con- 

 sidered identical with it. It has the face white and the broad 

 eyebrow as in L. damare7i£is, but the grey of the crown comes 

 down almost to the base of the bill, so that the forehead is not so 

 pure white as in L. damarensis. This character, however, may be 

 variable, but the small size of the DabuUi bird seems to deserve 

 recognition. There is a little shade of grey on the ear-coverts, 

 showing an approach to L. erytJirorhynch-us ; and it is evidently the 

 same species as that procured by Prince Euspoh on his expedition, 

 on which Count Salvadori has made some apposite remarks. 



