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Show 498 . DR. R. B. SHARPE ON BIRDS [May 21, art, no. 10, p. 3 (1886); Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. (1892). Halcyon chelicuti, Reichen. Vog. Deutsch-Ost-Afr. p. 131 (1894). A. d ad. Milmil, July 26, 1894. Found along the Abyssinian coast-region, and through Abyssinia excepting on the high mountains, and Heuglin also says that he met with the species in Takah, Galabat, and Senar. It has not been met with in Shoa by the Italian travellers, nor by Mr. Jackson in any of his expeditions to Uganda; and Dr. Reichenow only records the species from Kakoma, Ussandani, and Wembere. Fam. BUCEROTIDJE. 119. LOPHOCEROS HEMPRICHI. Buceros hemprichii, Ehr.; Heugl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p. 721 (1869). Lophoceros hempi-ichii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) vi. p. 218 (1888); Ogilvie-Grant, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xvii. p. 405 (1892). Tockus hemprichii, Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) i. p. 103 (1884). A. d ad. Darro Mountains, Nov. 17, 1894. Iris yellowish brown ; bill brownish crimson, the under mandible brighter. In Abyssinia Heuglin states that this species is found in the Dega region from 5000 to 11,000 feet, and says that, if his recollection is correct, he has also received it from the Upper White Nile and from Southern Kordofan. He also records it from Tigre and Ambara, eastwards to the Taranta Pass and Mensa. In Shoa, Antinori says the species is rare in Ambo-Karra, common on the Waina Dega and the Dega. Dr. Ragazzi found it plentiful in the parts of Shoa he visited, but it does not occur in German East Africa. 120. LOPHOCEROS MEDIANUS, n. sp. Lophoceros erythrorhynchus1?, Salvad. Mem. R. Accad. Torino, (2) xliv. p. 553. «. Dabulli, Sept. 16, 1894. Iris dark brown; orbits white, shaded with pinkish grey ; bill red, the base white, merging into black on the lower mandible. I have compared this species with L. damarensis, Shelley, and it is so very much smaller than that bird that it cannot be considered identical with it. It has the face white and the broad eyebrow as in L. damarensis, but the grey of the crown comes down almost to the base of the bill, so that the forehead is not so pure white as in L. damarensis. This character, however, may be variable, but the small size of the Dabulli bird seems to deserve recognition. There is a little shade of grey on the ear-coverts, showing an approach to L. erythrorhynchus ; and it is evidently tbe same species as that procured by Prince Ruspoli on his expedition, on which Count Salvadori has made some apposite remarks. |