14. OCTCEEOS. 



395 



Marshall, Birds' Nests in India, p. 46 (1877) ; Butler, Str. F. v. 



p. 218(187/). 

 Tockus biconiis, Horsf. Sf Moore, Cut. B. Mus. E. Ind. Co. ii. p. 597 



(1850-58). 

 Ocyceros bicomis, Fairh. Str. F. v. p. 394 (1877). 



Adult male. Ear-coverts and cheeks blackish grey ; a 'wide super- 

 ciliary stripe, chin, breast, under wing-coverts, and rest of under- 

 parts white ; rest of the body grey, palest on the chest and nape, 

 and inclining to brown on the back and tail ; the primaries, except 

 the first two, and secondaries, except the last four, are blackish 

 brown, tipped with white ; middle pair of tail-feathers longest and 

 slightly, the outer pairs widely, tipped wilh white, aU with a wide 

 subterminal black band : end of the bill, upper part of the anterior 

 half of the culmen, and lower half of the lower mandible yellowish 

 white ; casque (which is well developed and produced into a point 

 anteriorly) and remainder of mandible black. Total length 24 inches, 

 wing S*S, tail 11, tarsus 1-8. 



Adult female does not differ from the male in plumage, but the 

 casque is abruptly truncated at right angles to the middle of the 

 culmen. Total length 22-7 inches, wing 7'9, tail 10-2, tarsus 1*7. 



Hah. Peninsula of India, never on the eastern side of the Bay 

 of Bengal. 



a. 2 ad. sk. Nepal. 



b. j ad. sk. Diuapur {Pimcill). 

 c,d. cJ 2 ad. sk. N.W. Himalayas. 



e. 2 ad. sk. 

 /, y. S ad. sk. 

 h. 2 ad. sk. 

 i. f^ ad. sk. 

 k-m. c? ad. sk. 

 71. 2 ad. sk. 



o. 2 ad. sk. 



p. S ad. sk. 

 q. 2 ad. sk. 

 r, s. c? 2 ad. sk. 

 t-v. d'2 ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 tu. S ad. sk. 



X, y. cJ 2 ad. sk. 

 z. cS ad. sk. 

 a'. (S ad. sk. 

 b'. c? ad. sk. 

 c', d'. cJ ad. et 



imm. sk. 

 e'. c? ad. sk. 

 f'-m'. cJ 2 ad. sk 



Himalayas {Griffiths). 

 Oudh, Nov., Dee. 

 Goudah (PinwiU). 

 Kumaon. 



Etawah District, Jau. 

 Futlehghur, Sept. {A. Ander- 

 son). 

 Mhow, Nov. 



Kattiawar, April. 



ALmedabad, Oct. (Butler). 



Kbandeisli. 



Khandeisb, Jan., June, Dec. 



(Davidsoii). 

 Coonoor Ghat, Sept. (B. G. 



W. R.). 

 Mysore, Aug. (R. G. W. B.). 

 Madras. 

 Madras. 



Nursingpur, Jan. 

 Saugor {Hooper). 



Kamptee. 

 , Itaipur. 



B. H. Hodgson [P.]. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Capt. Stackliouse 



PiuwiJl [P.]. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 Hume CoU. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Lieut.-Col. Swinhoe 



[P.]. 

 Capt. Lloyd [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Tweeddale Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 



Tweeddale Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 

 — Cole, Esq. [P.]. 

 Hume Coll. 

 India Museum [P.]. 



Dr. R. B. Hinde [P.]. 

 Hume Coll, 



