APPENDIX. 169 



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E R K O G M, 



IT would appear that this bird is part of a large tribe, the 

 greatefl variety in which lies in his beak and horn. 

 The horn he wears fometimes upon the beak, and fometimes 

 upon the forehead above the root of the beak. Thefe are 

 the only parts that appear in collections. I gave to the ca- 

 binet of the king of France the firfl bird of this kind {een 

 entire, and I have here exhibited the firfl figure and descrip- 

 tion of it that ever was feen in natural hiftory, drawn from 

 the life. In the eail part of Abyflinia it is called Abba 

 Gumba, in the language of Tigre ; on the weftern fide of 

 the Tacazze it is called Erkoom ; the firfl of its names is 

 apparently from the groaning noife it makes, the fecond 

 has no fignification in any language that I know. 



At Ras el Feel, in my return through Sennaar, I made 

 this drawing from a very entire bird, but flightly wound- 

 ed; 



