208 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



basal part yellowish white, and the tips of both mandi- 

 bles reddish. 



252. TockllS melanoleucus (Lioht.). Crowned Hombill. 

 Le Calao couronn^, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pis. 2.34 & 235. 

 Stice7'os coronatus, La,yard's Cat. No. 453. 



„ „ Chapman's Travels in S. Afr., App. p. 405. 



Buceros melanoleuciis, Finsoh & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, 



p. 485. 

 Toclms melanoleucus, Shai-pe's Cat. No. 78. 



The food of this Hombill consists of beetles and 

 lizards. 



The iris is yellow, the tarsus brown, the bill reddish 

 yellow. 



Measurements of a male : — 



in. lin. 



Entire length 21 



Length of folded wing 10 9 



„ tarsus 16 



„ middle toe 10 



„ tail ... . .93 



„ bill alona: the curve ... 3 5 



[Mr. Andersson has not recorded in his MS. the localities 

 in which he met with this species; but in the appendix to 

 Mr. Chapman's Travels [loc. cit.) it is spoken of as "not very- 

 abundant in Damara Land." An example from Ovampo Land 

 was contained in Mr. Andersson's last collection. — Ed.] 



253. Tockus Monteiri, Hartl. Monteiro's Hornbill. 



Tocmis Monteiri, Hartlaub, in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, pi. 5. 

 Tockus Monteiri, Sharpe's Cat. No. 76. 



This Hornbill is not very abundant in Damara Land ; 

 it is usually seen in pairs ; but occasionally half a dozen 

 individuals may be found in close proximity to one 



