326 I'luoNoriDJi;. 



under wing-coverts ; vent and under tail-coverts white ; upper tail- 

 coverts black ; tail also black, with a greenish gloss, all the feathers 

 tipped with white, the outer ones more broadly ; round the ej-e a 

 red caruncle ; bill red ; feet also red, both yellow in skin. Total 

 length 8-9 inches, culmeu 0-9, wing 4-85, tail 3-85, tarsus 0*95. 

 Hah. Eastern Africa. 



a. Ad. sk. Mombas {Wakefield). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.] 



(Cy. P. Z. S. I.e.) 



Subfam. EURYCEROTIN^. 



20. EURYCEEOS. r^j^^g 



Euryceros, Less. Cent. Zool. pi. 74 E. prevosti. 



Range. Confined to Madagascar. 



1. Euryceros prevosti, 



Naracarac Hornbill, Lath. Gen. Hist. B. ii. p. 326. 



Euryceros prevosti, Less. Cent. Zool. pi. 74; id. Illustr. Zool. pi. 13 ; 



id. Bull. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 243 ; id. Cuinpl. Buff. viii. p. 460 ; Haiti. 



Faun. Madag. p. 58 ; Schl. i^ Poll. Faun. 3Iadatj. Ois. p. loD ; id. 



Dierk. p. 188 ; Grand. Rev. et Maq. Zool. 1867, p. 388 ; Gray, 



Hand-l. B. ii. p. 23 ; -S/tarpe, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 77. 



Adult male. Head and neck velvety black, with a purplish-blue 

 gloss ; entire back, scapulars, and wing-coverts bright bay, the 

 bastard wing, primary-coverts, and quills black ; tail black, with 

 the exception of the two centre feathers, which are bright bay, with 

 a small terminal spot of blaclv ; entire under surface of body black, 

 with a few indistinct remains of narrow fulvous bars on the ab- 

 domen. Total length 11-8 inches, culmen 1-9, dearth of bill I'l, 

 wing 5"8, tail 5, tarsus 1-25. 



Adult female. The bill lighter-coloured than in the male, with 

 black tip ; secondaries externally olive-brown ; belly thickly crossed 

 with narrow fulvous bars, the under wing- and tail-coverts rufescent, 

 with irregular zigzag bars of blackish ; thighs brownish. Total 

 length 12 inches, culmen 2, depth of bill 1-05, wing 5-7, taU 4-8, 

 tarsus 1'3. 



Young. Similar to the female, the general colour of the upper 

 surface brown, gradually assuming the bright bay of the adult ; the 

 head duU brown like the mantle, with here and there indications of 

 the apx^roaching black hood ; cross lines on abdomen very distinct. 



Hah. Madagascar, 

 a. [ (5 ] ad. st. Madagascar. Purchased. 



^' L 2 J ^^^- ®*' Madagascar. Purchased. 



c. (S ad. sk. S.E. Madagascar (Cross/ey). R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



d. 2 ad. sk. S.E. Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley [C.l 



e. 9 juv. sk. S.E. Madagascar. Mr. A. Crossley [C.]. 



