5. ANTHRACOCEROS. 301 



having disappeared, and the anterior part of the casque is distinctly 

 raised above the line of the culmeii. 



Bab. Samar, Panaon, Leyte ; Philippine Islands. 

 a-d. d 5 ad. et S, Leyte, Sept. {A. S. Tweeddale Coll. 



'"""^'o^. . fi'fr.«). (Types of the species.) 



e-ff. d 2 ad. et S. Leyte, Sept. A. Jl. Everett, Esq. 



iium. sk. r(j -1 '1 



h-k. d 2 ad. et Amparo, July, Aug. (A. H. Tweeddale Coll. 



num. sk. Ecerett). 



'■ 2 "^- *^^- Panaon, Oct. A. IL Everett, Esq. 



f C 1 

 m. cJ ad sk. Panaon, Oct. (A. H. JScerett). TweJddalo Coll. 



n-o. Skeleton. S. Leyte. A. H. Everett, Esq. 



[C.]. 



5. ANTHRACOCERCS. 



Antbracoceros, Reich Syst. Av. pt. xli.x. (1849) . . A. mSa^wicus. 



Hydrocissa, Bona}). Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 90 (18o0). A. monoceros 



Limnophalus, Elliot, Mon. Bucerot. pi. 25 [te.Yt] 



<.l^"^) A. montani. 



Bill large, curved and compressed ; casque large or very large, 

 subcrescentic, somewhat swollen posteriorly, and extending an in^ch 

 or more behind the vertical from the eye ; compressed and elevated 

 anteriorly, extending over the basal three-fifths of, and forming an 

 obtuse angle with, the culraen; middle of throat feathered ; a wide 

 naked patch of skin on either side ; crest moderate ; tail wedge- 

 shaped, white {A. montani) or with middle pair of tail-feathers 

 black, outer pairs white or black with wide white ends. 



Ra^n'. Indo-Chinese Countries, Malayan Peninsula, Java, Sumatra, 

 liorneo, and Sooloo. 



Key to the Species. 



I. Centre pair of tail-feathers black or black tipped 

 witli white. 



A. Outer pairs of tail-feathers white. 



a. (.'asque with a great black patch extendino- 



over the greater part. r^ i>^y\.~> 



a' . Casque black posteriorly corotiatiis d 



b'. Casque not black posteriorly coronatus p' 



b. Casque with a moderate black patch situated [p. 362. 



on the anterior part. 



c'. Bill wliite, witli a black patch at the base 



of the mandibles convexus d, 



d'. Bill black at the extremity ; a dull red [p. 364. 



patch in front of the black at the base of 

 the lower maudible conve.vus 9 



B. Outer pairs of tail-feathers black with white [p. 3(j4 



ends. 



c. Breast and belly blaclv. r„ gfjg 



e'. Eyebrow white malaijanus d \' 



/"• %t;brow grey malaymms $ , 



[p. 368. 



