380 BtrcEROTiD,!:. 



*) fi- 6 2 ^^- sk. Baram, X.W. Borneo. C. Hose, E:^q. [C.]. 



/. c? ad. sk. Lawas River {Gov. Ussher). Tweeddale Coll. 



m, n. S ? ad. sk. Lawas River. Gov. ITssher [C.]^. 



o, p. c? ad. sk. Lawas River. IL ^'eitch, Esq. [P.]. 



q. 2 ad. sk. Sarawak (A. H. Ecerett). Tweeddale Coll. 



r. (J ad. (Head only.) 



4. Cranorrhimis waldeni. 



Craniorrliinus waldeni. Sharpe, Tr. Linn. Soc. (2) i. pp. 322, 351 



(1879) ; Sfeere, List Birds S,- Mnnvn. Philijipines, p. 13 (1890). 

 Crauorrhinu.s waldeni, Elliot, Mon. Bucerot. pi. 18 [text] (1877). 



Adult male. Head and neck and chest dark chestnut, the feathers 

 next the naked parts of the face and throat inclining to butf ; tail 

 white (stained rufous), the basal third and the tips of the feathers 

 black ; rest of the plumage black, the upper parts glossed with dark 

 green : naked skin round the eye and on the throat yellow ; iris 

 red ; legs and feet black ; bill and casque red, except towards the 

 end ; base of the lower mandible covered by a plate with dark 

 coloured oblique grooves ; casque transversely folded. Total length 

 28"5 inches, wing 13'G, tail 10, tarsus 2. 



Adult female. Differs from the male in having all the plumage of 

 the head and neck black, and the casque without transverse folds : 

 naked skin appears to have been black mixed with yellow. Total 

 length 26-5 inches, wing l'2-2, tail 8-6, tarsus 1-9. 



Hab. Guimaras, Panay : Philippine Islands. 



a, b. (S 2 ad.sk. Concepcion, Panay, Jan. (.l/o.seZcy). SteereExped. 



9. ACEROS. 



Type. 



Aceros (Hod^s.), Gray, Zool. Misc. p. 8-5 (1844) A. uepalensis. 



Like Cranorrhinus, but the casque is rudimentary, and the base 

 of the upper mandible only is covered by a large transversely grooved 

 plate ; tail wedge-shaped, basal half black, rest white ; feathers of 

 the crest and neck very long and hairy. 



Range. S.E. Himalayas to Tenasserim. 



1. Aceros nepalensis. 



Buceros nepalensis, Hode/s. Asiat. Ees. xviii. pt. i. no. x. p. 17P, 



■2 pis. (1829) ; id. Glean. Sci . i. p. 249 (1829) ; id. P. Z. S. 1832, 



p. 15; Blytlt, J. As. Soc. Beny. xii. pt. ii. p. 989 (1843), xvi. 



p. 997, pi. 44. tig. 1 (1847) ; Graif, Gen. B. li. p. 399, pi. ..cix. 



(1847) ; Blyth, Cat. B. Mus. As. hiuc. p. 45 (1849) ; Schl. Mus. 



Pays-Bas, i. Buceros, p. 10 (1862). 

 Aceros uepalensis, Hodys. Icon. ined. in Brit. Mus. Pass. pi. 314 



(nos. 600-602) ; Ajip. pis. 33, 34 (nos. 46, 47) ; id. Grays Zool. 



Misc. p. 85 (1844) ; Borsf. ^ Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co. ii. 



p. 601 (1856-58) ; Jerdon, B. hid. i. p. 250 (1862) ; Sckcter, P. Z. 8. 



1864, p. 261 ; Austen, J. A. Soc. Beny. xxxix. pt. ii. p. 95 (1870) ; 



