390 



IiUCEEOTID,E. 



p. 8 (ISn ) : Shurpe, Ibis, 1872, p. 62 ; msher, Ibis, 1874, p. 51 ; 



Meich. J. f. Orn. 1877, p. 18 ; Bocage, Orn. Aiujola, p. ll;3 (1881) ; 



Hartl. Ahh. nat. Vet: Brem. viii. p. 203 (1882); Biittihofer, 



I\''otes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 205 (1885). 

 Bucorvus atrahis, Bonap. Consp. Oen. Ar. i. p. 89 (1850). 

 Tmetoceros atratus, Bonap. Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 2 (1854). 

 Spliagolobus atratus, Cab. S,- Heine, 3Ius. Ilein. ii. p. 171 (1860) ; 



Hein. J. f. O. 1864, p. 188 ; Blliot, Mon. Biicerot. pi. 24 [text] 



(1877) ; 'Bouvier, Cat. Ois. Marche cfc. p. 28 (1875) ; Sha.pe, 



j; i. «. xvii. p. 436(1884). 

 Buceros (Sphaoolobus) atratus, Grai/, Hand-1. B. ii. p. 131, sp. 7914 



(1870) ; Dubois, Bidl. Mm. Bekj. ni. p. 199. 

 Ceratogymna atrata, Shellei/, Ibis, 1888, p. 51 ; Beich. J.f. 0. 1890, 



p. 114. 

 Buceros poensis, Fras. Ann. Mag. N. H. xv. p. 136 [5 ] (1855). 



Adult male. Crest, all the plumage of the wings and bodj-, and the 

 centre pair of tail-feathers black ; rest of tail-feathers black, with 

 the terminal quarter white ; wing-coverts, back, rump, breast, and 

 bell}- glossed with bronze or purplish green ; the primaries, secon- 

 daries, and tail-feathers glossed with dark green ; tlie uncovered 

 bases of the primary quills blackish : upper mandible black, brownish 

 at the base ; lower mandible brownish black at the tip ; casque 

 large and swollen, apparently blackish brown. Total length 36 

 inches, wing 16, tail 13, tarsus 2*4. 



Adult female. Differs from male in having the crest, sides and 

 middle of throat, and upper part of neck chestnut, otherwise the 

 plumage is as above : bill and casque black, reddish brown towards 

 the middle ; the casque smaller than in the male, and with a double 

 furrow along the upper surface. Total length 32 inches, wing 14-7, 

 tail 11-3, tarsus 2. 



Young birds and immature males resemble the female, but the 

 latter have some dark feathers mixed with the chestnut of the 

 crest, and the back is only slightly glossed with dull green. 



Ilab. W. Africa, from Angola to Liberia, and inland to 5" N. lat. 

 on White Nile. 



a. c? imm. ; b. $ juv. 



sk. ; c-e. S juv. 



(heads only). 

 f-i. 2 ^d. et imm. sic. 

 /,-. 2 imm. sk. 

 /. c? ad. sk. 

 in. S imm. sk. 

 n. 2 ad. sk, 

 0. c? ad. sk. 

 p, q. 2 ad. et imm. st. 

 r, s. d 2 ad. ; t. d 



imm. sk. 



Fautee {Gov. Ussher). Sharpe Coll. 



Deukera [Ardnnn). 

 Deiikera (B/issetf). 

 Asliautee. 

 Gaboon. 

 Ogowe River. 

 W. Africa. 

 W. Africa. 



Semmio, Niam Niam 

 countrv, Jan., Feb. 



Sharpe Coll. 



Shelley Coll. 



Gould Coll. 



Verreaux Coll. 



H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



Zool. See. Coll. 



Purchased. 



F. Bolmdorff [C.]. 



Type. 



12. ANOREHINUS. 



Auorrhiuus, Beich. Syst. Av. pi. xlix. (1849) A. galeritus. 



Bill fairly large, somewhat curved and compressed ; the basal 



