717 
by Mr. Claude Grant in South Africa. 
can be beard to a considerable distance. It is possible that 
more than one bird contributes to the call, but as the 
syllables run concurrently it is difficult to prove this con¬ 
clusively. When taken young it is a remarkably tame 
and amusing pet, but has usually to be kept away from the 
poultry yard. Wounded birds when attacked by a dog 
stand with the wings outstretched and make vicious digs at 
the animal with their beaks, but never attempt to use the 
wings; they continually inflate and deflate the pouch, 
producing a loud snake-like hiss. 
The soft parts of the adult are :— $. Xrides pale grey, 
with dark brown lines and vermiculations; all bare skin on 
head and neck red; bill, legs and toes black. 
$ . The bare skin round the eyes is duller and the chin 
is metallic blue, which extends more or less on to the throat. 
I have seen many young birds in captivity; they are 
similar to adults in plumage, but the black is duller, and all 
the bare skin of the head and neck is dull sooty-black 
without red.] 
427. Bycanistes buccinator. 
Z. Sibudeni, Oct., Nov., Dec., Jan. (5); Ngoye Hills, 
Sept., Oct. (4) ; P. Beira, Feb. (i); Tambarara, June (lj ; 
Tete, Sept. (1). 
The size of the bill and casque in the male varies very 
considerably ; in the male from Beira the casque measures 
160 mm. in a straight line, in one from Sibudeni only 115. 
I find, however, as great variation among examples from 
Nyasaland in the British Museum, and suspect that it is 
purely a question of age. 
[“Nkauat ,J of the Zulus; “ Kegemide^ of the Ntebis, 
Gorongozas, and Njungwis. 
The Trumpeter Hornbill was found in Natal, Zululand, 
and the Inhambane, Beira, Gorongoza, and Tete districts 
of Portuguese East Africa. It was common in all these 
localities except the Inhambane district, where only two or 
three pairs were seen acd no specimens were secured, it being 
very wild. Curiously enough, it is not known in any of the 
