352 BXTCEEOTIDj;. 



2. BUCEROS. „ 



Type. 



Buceros, Linn. S. N. i. p. 153 (1766) B. rhinoceros. 



Meniceros, Glo(/ei; Hand- u. Rilfsh. p. 335 (1842) B. rhinoceros. 



Bill large, stout, and curved ; casque largo wedge-shaped, ele- 

 vated, and somewhat compressed, the anterior angle either extending 

 forward in a prolonged point or recurved ; sides of throat naked ; 

 tail-feathers subequal, white with a broad subterminal black band : 

 crest moderate, composed of hairy feathers ; size very large. 



Range. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Casque curved up anteriorly. 



a. Base of the casque and of both mandibles 



black ; a black line from the nostril runs 



up the outer side of the casque rhinoceros S > P- 352. 



b. No black at the base of the casque and man- 



dibles ; no black line rhinoceros $ , p. 352. 



II. Casque nearly straight, very slightly curved 



anteriorly. 



c. As in B. rhinoceros S silvestris J, p. 354. 



d. As in B. rhinoceros $ silvestris $ , p. 354. 



1. Buceros rhinoceros. 



Le Calao des Indes, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 571 ^1760). 



Le Calao Rhinoceros, Daubent. PL Enl. no. 934 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. 

 Ois. vii. p. 161 (1780) ; Levaill. Hist. Nat. d'Ois. FAmer. i. p. 6 

 pis. 1 & 2 (1801). 



Rhinoceros Hornbill, Lath. Gen. >Si/n. i. p. 342 (1781) ; id. Suppl. i. 

 p. 69 (1787). 



Buceros rhinoceros, iw?2. -S'. N. i. p. 153 (1766); Forst. Ind. Zool. 

 p 40 (1781) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 360 (1788) ; Shaw ^ Nodd. Nat. 

 Misc. ii. pi. xli. (1789-1813) ; Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 141 (1790) ; 

 Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. p. 3, pi. i (1811) ; Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. 

 Nat. iv. p. 598 (1816) ; Horsf. Tr. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 175 (1822) ; 

 Merrem, Ersch u. Gruber, Encijcl. xiii. p. 287 (1824) ; Wagl. 

 Si/st. Av. Buceros, no. 1 (1827); Less. Traite Orn. p. 255, pi. 31 

 (i831) ; Gray, Gen. B. ii. p. 399 |"part] (1847) ; Bonaj). Consp. 

 Gen. Av. i. p. 89 (1850) ; id. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 2 (1854) ; 

 Horsf. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co. ii. p. 582 (1856-58) ; 

 Moo're, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 446; Cab. ^ Heine, Mm. Hein. ii. 

 p. 174 (1860) ; Sclat. Wolfs Zool. Sketch. (2) pi. xxx. (1861) ; 

 Bluth, Ibis, 1866, p. 352 ; Graij, Hand-l. B. ii. p. 127, sp. 7866 

 (1870); Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, p. 464; ibid. 1875, p. 342, 

 fig. 4; Giilllv. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 490; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1876, 

 pr518, pi. xlix. fig. 2 ; Elliot, Monog. Bucerot. pi. 4 [text] (1877) ; 

 Shmpe, Ibis, 1879, p. 246 ; Kelham, Ibis, 1881, p. 383 ; Nichol- 

 son, Ibis, 1883, p. 240 ; Milne-Edw. Compt. Reyid. xcix. p. 833 

 (1884) ; Beddard, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 588, tig. 2; Hartert, J.f. O. 

 1889, p. 369; Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. 14; Elliot, Auk, 1891, 



P- 8. 

 Buceros (Buceros) rhinoceros, Dubois, Bull. Mus. Belg. ni. p. 194 

 (1884). 



