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the lower mandible, base of upper mandible a large white patch, end of beak dirty red; 
legs and feet nearly black. 
Beak of male longer than that of female, and entirely black except a white patch on 
the base of the upper mandible much smaller than in the female. 
Found from Ain to the Anseba; note so variable as to induce me to expect some 
fresh bird, a source of constant trouble and disappointment. I have seen this bird 
hawking insects in a very awkward manner; it is also a fruit-eater. Did not meet with 
this species while with the troops.—W. J.] 
148. BucERos ERYTHRORHYNCHUS, 'Temm. 
Toccus erythrorhynchus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 79. no. 322; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 458; id. 
Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 190; Brehm, Habesch, p. 220. no. 108. 
Buceros erythrorhynchus, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 491. no. 266. 
a. Rayrayguddy. May. 
(The only specimen procured ; others seen in the vicinity of Senafé.—W. J.] 
149. BuckRos FLAVIROSTRIS, Riipp. 
Buceros flavirostris; Riipp. Neue Wirbelth. t.2. f.2; id. Syst. Uebers. p. 79. no. 824; Heugl. Syst. 
Uebers. no. 461; id. Fauna d. Roth. Meer. no. 191; Finsch & Hartl. Vogel. Ostafr. p. 490. 
no. 265. 
Toccus elegans, Hartl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 86, t. 4. 
a. d. Undel Wells. April 6. 
&. §. Between Sooroo and Undel Wells. April 5 (no. 581). 
c. Rayrayguddy. 
d. 2. Between Sooroo and Undel Wells. April 6 (no. 422). 
In some specimens there is a black longitudinal stripe on the upper mandible; in 
other specimens the bill is uniform orange-yellow tipped with black. In the white 
markings on the wings and the black tail-bands there is also a great variation, also in 
the extent of the white apical spots on the tectrices, which are sometimes margined 
with black. . The incorrectness of the figure in Riippell’s ‘Neue Wirbelthiere,’ and the 
shortness of his description, were the causes of Dr. Hartlaub’s publishing the western 
T. elegans as a new species. I have examined the type specimens in Frankfort since, 
and the fine series in Mr. Jesse’s collection, and am convinced that both species are one 
and the same.—0. F. 
[Iris yellowish white, eyelid formed like a horny shade capable of projection over the 
eye, eye-lashes strong bristles; beak bright yellow, base almost orange, lower edge of 
lower mandible black-brown, from fork of lower mandible to the tip black-brown; 
legs black. 
Immediately under the throat a space of bare skin, the upper half of which had a 
slightly bluish tint, the remainder flesh-colour. 
