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$ Maxilla, black ; mandible, red ; iris, brown ; feet, 

 reddish. 



9 Maxilla, black ; mandible, faintly red ; iris, brown ; 

 feet, reddish. 



145. $ ad. Lichunio, near Petauke. April 12, 1905. 



276. $ ad. E. bank of Loangwa. June 26, 1905. 



Maxilla, black ; mandible, red ; iris, brown ; feet, 

 dark red. Native name " Sweswe." 



Family BUCEROTID/E. 



68. Bucorax caffer. 



Bucorax caffer, Bocage, P.Z.S., 1873, p. 698, figs. 2, 5, and 6 

 (Mossamedes) ; Id., "Orn. Angola," p. in ; Grant, " Cat 

 B. Brit. Mus.," vol. 17, p. 351 ; Reichen., " Vog. Afrikas," 

 vol. 2, p. 236 ; W. L. Sclater, " Fauna S. Africa, Birds," 

 vol. 3, p. 102. 



516. ? ad. Mchinga Mountains, W. of Loangwa. 

 November 25, 1905. 



Bill, black ; bare skin on throat, blue black, on head 

 and neck, brilliant scarlet ; iris, light brown ; feet, black. 



517. $ ad. Mchinga Mountains, W. of Loangwa. 

 November 25, 1905. 



Bare skin on throat, head, and neck, dull red, tinged 

 with bluish, brighter on lower edge of throat and above 

 eye. 



Common, but very wary. The stomachs of these 

 birds were full of snails, millipedes, termites, &c. They 

 also undoubtedly eat tortoises. The natives have no 

 special superstition about the bird, but do not consider 

 it edible. 



Native name " Ngomba." 



