t)fn Zoological Called inn made in Snmtttra. Part II. 339 



seek another spot; otherwise they believe some misfortune will 

 certainly befall them or their family. 



BUCEROS comatus, R. 



This species differs from all the others of the genus in the acute- 

 ness of the keel or arch of the upper mandible, which i^ also 

 much shorter than usual, being scarcely six inches in length. 

 The head and neck are covered with white feathers, more or 

 less black at their roots. These feathers arc wiry or filiform, 

 and stand nearly erect, particularly on the top of the head, 

 while on the forehead they are directed forwards over the 

 crest of the bill and conceal it in part. On the sides of the 

 fiead the feathers lie Mat, and are directed upwards, so that 

 the whole head looks as if surmounted bv a stiff mane, or the 

 furred crest of a helmet. The bill is of a dark horny colour, 

 somewhat triangular, being broad at the base, and sloping to 

 the point. The arch of the upper mandible is acutely cari- 

 nate, and the crest, in my single specimen, not much ele- 

 vated, equally carinate with, and parallel to the arch of the 

 bill, and sloped off to it a little beyond the middle. It will 

 require the examination of other individuals to ascertain 

 whether the crest ever grows larger ; but I think it cannot 

 alter much. The irids are of a greenish-yellow. The back, 

 wings and tail are of a dark brown, the belly of the same co- 

 lour mixed with white. The wing- and tail-feathers are all 

 tipped with white at their points. The legs are nearly black. 



STRIX. 



Of this genus a very large and probably new species has re- 

 cently been procured in the neighbourhood of Bencoolen. 



It is about two feet in length. The ground-colour is a light 

 fawn, the feathers in the upper part being broadly shaded 



with 



