388 



BUCEKOIID.E. 



e. S imm. sk. Waigiou. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 /. S ad. sk. Mvsol, Aug. {A. R. Wallace). Tweeddale Coll. 



(/. $ ad. bk. Mysol. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 h. (J ad. sk. Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 i. 5 ad., head Astrolabe Mouutaius. H. H. Romilly, Esq. 



only. [P.J. 



,/> ^- d* ? ad. sk. Port Moresby {Broadbent). Purchased. 



I. S imni. sk. Aleya, S.E. New Guinea, Tweeddale Coll. 



March. 

 VI. S ad. sk. S. Xew Guinea. Tweeddale Coll. 



n. $ ad.sk. New Britain. Rev. G. Brown [C.]. 



0. cj imm. sk. Solomon Islands. P. L. Sclater, Esq. 



p. c? imm. sk. Shortland Islands. C. M. Woodford, 



Esq. [C.]. 



q, r. S 2 ad. sk. Guadalcanar, May. C. M. Woodford, 



Esq. [P.]. 



s. $ imm. sk. Guadalcanar. C. M. Woodford, 



Esq. [C.]. 



t. Ad. skeleton. No locality. 



u-x. Skull and Solomon Islands. C. M. Woodford, 



sternum. Esq. [C.]. 



y. Sternum. 



11. CEEATOGYMNA, 



Type. 

 Ceratogymna, Bonap. Consp. Vol, Anisod. p. 2 (1854) .... C. elata. 

 Tmetoceros, Bonap. {nee Cab.) Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 2 



(1854) C. atrata. 



Sphagolobus, Cab. ^' Heine, Mtis. iZem.ii. p. 171 (1859) . . C. atrata. 



Bill large, deep, and somewhat curved ; casque large, elevated, 

 subcylindrical, covering the basal half or more of the culmen, and 

 extending over the skull behind the eye ; a naked wattle at the 

 base of the throat, which is naked, with the exception of a line of 

 feathers down the middle from the chin to the base of the wattle ; 

 crest soft, fairly developed ; tail rounded ; middle jjair of tail- 

 feathers black ; outer pairs white, or black with white ends. 



Range. W. Africa. 



Key io the Species. 



A. Lateral tail-feathers white. 



a. Head black elata ^ , p. 388. 



6. Head red elata $ , p. 388. 



B. Lateral tail-feathers black, with the outer half 



white. 



c. Head black atrata (S , p. 389. 



d. Head red atrata $ , p. 389. 



1. Ceratogynma elata. 



Buceros elatus, Tenun. PI. Col. ii. p. 75, pi. 521. fig. 1 (1831) : Grat/, 

 Gev,. B. ii. p. .399 (1847) : Cassin, J. Acad. Xat. Sci. IVillad. i. 

 p. 135 (1848) ; Simdev. (Efvers. Kongl. Vetensh. Alnd. Fork. vi. 



