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Abyssinian Hornbill {Buchorax abyssinicus). 
Sheik Mohamed. 
Legs black ; iris dark brown ; bill black and 9 inches long ; helmet on bill ; 
plumage black ; large quills white. Length 3 feet 2 inches. 
Hornbill {Lophoceros flavirostris). 
Gulis ; Smith Eiver. 
Throat black ; bill yellow ; iris yellow. 
Hornbill {Lophocews medianus). 
Gulis. 
Iris brown ; orbits white, shaded with pink-gray ; bill red ; base of bill 
white. 
Yellow-billed Hornbill (Lophoceros melanoleucus). 
Ogaden. 
Length 21 inches ; length of tail 9 inches. Bill brilliant red or yellow ; 
head gray ; back and lesser wing-coverts spotted brown and white ; breast 
and tail brown and white. 
Hornbill {Lophoceros hemprichi). 
Darro Mountains. 
Bill red-brown, under mandible brighter ; iris yellow-brown. 
Red-billed Hornbill {Lophoceros erythrorhynchus). 
Smith Eiver. 
Iris yellow ; bill red, and not much arched ; head and throat dirty white ; 
crest on head ; upper parts gray ; under parts white. Length 20 inches. 
The Sibi Hornbill {Lophoceros sihhensis). 
Sibi. 
Feet black ; soles yellow- white ; bare skin of neck light blue ; red next bill; 
iris brown. 
African White-breasted Kingfisher {Halcyon semicoerulea). 
Webbi Shebeyli; Gunder Libah. 
Beak red; head gray; breast and under wing- coverts chestnut; back black; 
rump blue ; tail blue ; breast gray. Length 8 inches. 
Striped Kingfisher {Halcyon chelicutensis). 
Milmil. 
Head brown ; upper back, scapulars and wing coverts brown ; lower back, 
rump and upper tail-coverts blue ; tail dark green above, gray-brown 
beneath ; under parts white ; upper breast crossed with brown ; bill and 
feet red. Length Oj inches. 
Pied Kingfisher {Ceryle rudis). 
Shebeyli Eiver ; Bainhou. 
Head black striped with white ; body black and white ; under parts white 
with two black bands across breast ; bill and feet black ; iris brown. 
