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B.c.r.. Lioht. (».0 Yieill.), C. t . E. , . N.t, Il.mb, (1703) p. 8. no. 00 ; B=cl„l. L.tl,. U .bc .
vol ii (1704) p S62 : id. K u ™ Hobo», p. 170 ¡ Liclil. T o » . Donblol. (1823) p. 21 ; W.gl. Spt , Av. (1827) i
Gr.y, Gon. B. (1847) vol. ii. p. 400. .p. 29: I M . Omifc. Ort-Afr. (1857) p. 1S4, Soblog. M,,,. P..,.,-l>.
(18G2) p. 12.
L , Calm avmné. Lo V.ffl. IQt . N.t. Ois. Afriq. (1800) vol. v. p. 117, pis. 234 & 235.
B « ™ 0«™.!«., Wilií»? Sncj. Lo„<l. (1808) vol. iii. p. IBOj Sk.w (mo Bod,1.), Gon. Zool. (1811) p. 35 ; V.o.ll.
No»,. Diot. Hist. N . t . (1816) vol. iv. p. 593, id. Inoy. Moth. (1823) vol. i. p. 401, pi. 210. Sg. 4; T„„n,.
Plan Col. (1824) vol. ii. .p. 16 (toit) ¡ Enoh u. Giub. Enoy. (182.1) p. 285 ; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) »p. 17 i
Le... Tr.it. Ormili. (1831) p. 253. .p. i ¡ S,v.i.i,. Zool. IIliKt. Irt ,or. vol. iii. ].!. 178; id. B. W. Afr. vol. ii.
p. 237 I L.y.rd, B. of S. Afr. p. 225 , id. Ibi . (1860) f. 372.
» » W m c K i , Bon. Consp. Gon. Av. (1850) p. 91. sp. 7 ¡ Il.rtl. Jonrn. fdr Ornili. (185.1) p. 128. .p. 303 ;
l l o r . ( . & Moore, C.t. Bird. Hn.. E.-lnd. Co. (1856-8) vol. ii. p. 507. .p. 881 ; Gurnoy, Andor.«. Bird.
D . m . r . L«id (1872) p. 208 ¡ L.yud, B. of S. Atr., Simpo', ed. (1875) p. 127. ip. 110 ¡ Doe.g«, Ornili,.
Angola (1878) p. 116; Nictols. Proo. Zool. Soo. (1878) p. 358.
fi%WiOceros melanolmeus, Bon. Consp. Vol. Anisod. (1854) p. 3, gon. 16. sp. 41.
Up/wceros melanoieums, Cab. & Heine, Mus. llein. (1860) p. 168.
Tocchi coronalus, Gumey, Ibis (1861) p. 133.
Tkcc, mclumlm,, Gnmey, Ibis (1862) p. 157 ; Sol.l. Proo. Zool. Soo. (1861) p. I l l ; Kirk, Ibi.. (1864) p. 327 ¡
Boeago, Joum. So. M.tli. l i sb. (1868) vol. ii. p. 347. sp. 08; GnBiv. Proo. Zool. Soe. (1872) p. 16, (1875)
p. 400; Sciai. Rev. List Vort. Anim. (1872) p. 172. sp. 281.
Bma-c,palMMri,, Harll. & Knseb, Von dor Beek. Eois. Osl-Afr. (1870) p. 871 ¡ Boeage, Joutn. So. Math.
Lisb. (1870) vol. ii. p. 31«. sp. 100 ¡ Gray, Iland-l. B. pt. ii. (1870) p. 130. sp. 7907.
euc^n (Lophoam) melanokiioi,. Gray, Iland-l. B. pt. ii. (1870) p. 130. sp. 7906.
TcckuipallUirostrk, Bocage, Ornitb. Angola (1878) p. 117.
Smffuiatidondo in Angola (Bocage),
Had. Biver-Skiré valley, east coast, in open bush and low trees (Kia.) ; D.rra-Salani (Nicholso?,) ; ^cst
coast, in Angola, Ovampo-land, and Damara-land (Anderssok).
T h i s is one of tliG species of thi s fami l y w h o s e synonymy is v e r y muc h confused. It was ñrst
d e s c r i b e d by Lichtenstein in 1793 (1. c.) sa «»ceros melanolcucm, and afterwards by Shaw {I. e.)
a s B. coronatm. A pal e var iet y subseciucntly reeeivcd the n ame of pallidirostris from P i n s c h and
H a r t l a u h (I. c.). The majority of authors employed Shaw's name for the species, whicli was
c o n f o u n d e d wi t h coronatus of Boddaert, a name bestowed upon a n entirely different bird. It