AVES. 401 



the Monkeys and Amydri, and the noise produced by 

 the two was deafening, especially whenever a shot was 

 fired. 



192. A. albirostris (Eupp.), 



Ptilonorhynchus albirostris, Eiipp. Neu. Wirb. p. 23, pi. 10, £, X, 2 ; 



Syst. Uebers. No. 244. 

 Ptilorhinus albirostris, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 201. — Hartl. Journ, 



f. Om. 1859, p. 30.— Heugl. Journ. f. Om. 1869, p. 12. 



Iris deep coppery red, a darker ring round the pupU ; 

 bill white ; legs black. 



To separate this bird generically from the last, as is done 

 by many ornithologists, on account of its plumed nares, 

 is simply absurd, when in every other detaU of plumage, 

 even to the minutiae of colouring in both sexes, in flight, 

 and in habits the two are so closely allied. Precisely 

 like A. Huppelli, the present bird is social, lives on 

 fruits, and roosts in large communities amongst rocks. 

 It was only seen on the highlands, and was particularly 

 common in the neighbourhood of Senaf^, 



193. Buphaga erythrorhyncha (Stanley). 



Tanagra erythrorhyncha, Stanley, Appendix to Salt's Journey, App. 



p. lix. 

 B. habessinica, Hemp, and Ehr., Symb. Phys. t. ix. 

 B. erythrorhyncha, Riipp. Syst. Ueberg. No. 254. 



Iris scarlet, orbit yellow; bill within and without, 

 and tongue, bright scarlet, dusky in the young; feet 

 dusky. 



The habits of this bird are well known. It usually 

 abounds wherever cattle are to be met with, and perches 

 on oxen, mules, or camels, running over their backs, and 



