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Show 1895.J FROM WESTERN SOMALI-LAND. 499 The measurements are as follows :- Total length. Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. L. damarensis (type) . . 19-0 3*45 7*7 8*0 1*7 „ .. 18-5 3*1 7*8 7*7 1*6 L. medianus 15*5 2*6 6*9 7*5 1*5 121. LOPHOCEROS FLAVIROSTRIS. Baceros fiavirostris, Rupp.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 725 (1871). Tockus fiavirostris, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 104 (1884), vi. p. 219 (1888). Lophoceros fiavirostris, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 412(1892); Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 554 (1894: Webbe Valley); Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 128 (1S94). a. d ad. Smith River, Sept. 11, 1894. Irides yellow ; orbits black ; throat light Indian-red, bluish at the corner of the under mandible; bill bright yellow-ochre, darker at base. This specimen is true L. fiavirostris, and not L. somaliensis of Reichenow (cf. Salvadori, I. c). According to Heuglin, this Hornbill lives in pairs and families in the hot valleys of Schoholand, frequenting high trees and the Aflofl^-bushes, which are found in the Bay of Adulis and Samhar, as well as near Moiet Schahadi below Mekulu, but not in the coast-districts proper. It is apparently to be found along the mountain fringes of the Danakil and Adel coasts to Somali-land. Antinori states that it is common on the plains and on the lower " Kolla" of Shoa,but does not ascend to any height. It has occurred at Ndi in the Teita district, to the east of Kilima-njaro, but was not in Mr. Jackson's collections. 122. LOPHOCEROS SIBBENSIS. Lophoceros sibbensis, Sharpe, Bull. B. O. C. iv. p. xxxii (1895). A. 2 ad. Sibbe, Aug. 3, 1894. Iris brown ; feet black, the soles yellowish white ; bare skin of neck light blue, Indian-red next the bill. 123. BUCORAX ABYSSINICUS. Tmetoceros habessinicus (Bodd.) ; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 731 (1871: pt.). Bucorvus abyssinicus, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 101 (1884), vi. p. 217 (1888). Bucorax abyssinicus, Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 349 (1892); Sharpe, Ibis, 1892, p. 317. A. Ad. Sheik Mahomed, Nov. 5, 1894. Iris dark brown; neck-pouch and orbits bluish grey ; patch on base of bill dull red. Heuglin gives a wide distribution for this species in North- 32* |