17. BEEENICORXIS. 423 



Pholidopbalus sharpii, Elliot, Mon. Bucerot. pi. 33 ftextl riSSl) 

 Buceros vivi, Dubois, Bull. 3Im. Belg. iii. p. 204, pi. xi (1884) 

 Eiiceros iistulator, var., Duhois, Bull Mm. Bdy. iii. pi. si. (1884). 



Adult. Eesembles B. fistulator, but is easily distinguished by the 

 following characters :— Larger size ; the uniform black head glossed 

 with dark green ; the greater amount of white in the wing, the whole 

 of the middle quills being pure white ; the tail-feathers except the 

 black central pair are nearly pure white, the second pair sometimes 

 with some black near the base. Total length 24 inches wiusr 10-6 

 tail 8-2, tarsus 1-6. > o . 



In younger examples there is loss white and more black in the 

 quiUs as well as the tail-feathers, but never to the same extent 

 observed in the most adult specimens of B.fstulator. 



Hab. W. Africa, Angola to tiie Niger. 



a. Ad. sk. Angola (Ilamilfon). Sharpe Coll. (Type of the 

 7. T 1 n species.) 



b. 1mm. sk. Congo. Lords of the Admiralty [P.!. 



c. Ad. St. Gaboon. Purchased. 



d. Ad. sk. Ogowe K, Gaboon. H. Ansell, Esq. [P.]. 



e. Ad. sk. Niger. Dr. Baikie [C.J. 



17. BERENICORNIS. 



Type 

 Berenicornis, Bonaj). Consp. Gen. Ai\ i. p. 9 (18-jO) B. comatiis. 



Bill large, curved, compressed. Casque moderate, keel-shaped, 

 covering the basal half of the culmen. Sides of the throat naked! 

 Crest very large and hairy, the feathers on the lores very long and 

 directed upwards and forwards. Tail long, white, wedge-shaped, 

 middle pair of feathers considerably the longest. 



Raiicje. S. Tenasserim, the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 



1. Berenicoriiis comatus. 



Buceros comatus, Btiffl. Trans. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 399 (1822) ; Tenwi 

 PI. Col. ii. p. 83(18.32); 3im. ^- ScJd. Verh. Ges. Ned. Ind 

 pp. 23, 29 (18.39-44) ; Hay, Mad,: J. xiii. p. 149 (1844) ; Gray, 

 Gen. Birds, u. p. 399 (1847) ; Bhjfh, J. As. Soc. Beny. xvi. p. 99(5, 

 pi. xliv. lig. 2 (1847) ; Sdd. Mus. Pays-Bas, i. Buceros, p. 8 

 (18G2). ./ ' , if 



Buceros lugubris, Beyhie, Malay Peninsula, p. 513 [imra.l (1834) • 

 id. Ann. May. N. H. xvii. p. 40o (1846). 



Berenicornis comatus, Bonap. Consp. Gen. Av. i. p. 91 (1850) ; id. 

 Consp. Vol. Anisod. p. 2 (18o4) ; Horsf. Sf Moore, Cat. B. Mus E 

 Ind. Co. ii. p. 594 (1856-8) ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 450 ; Hume, 

 Str.F.iW. p. 318 (1875), v. p. 20, note (1877); Kelham, Ibis, 

 1881, p. 385; Hume S)- I)ai\ IStr. F. vi. p. 106 (1878); Hume, 

 Sir. F. ix. p. 86 (1880). v / ' > 



Auorrhinus comatus, Elliot, Mon. Bucerot. pi. .39 Ttext] (1877) ■ 

 Gates, B. Brit. Burmah, ii. p. 94 (1883) ; Ilartert.J.f. O IS89 

 p. 369 : Sharpe, Ibis, 1890, p. Hi. ' 



]5u eros (AnoiThiuiu-) comatus, Dubois, Bull. J/ «.-,-. Belt/ iii n -'07 

 (1^84). ^ ■ '■ " 



