to ' The Birds of India.' 5 



casque, which was 4 inches broad, depth of bill 4a. This bird is 

 the " Kugrong " of the Lepchas, " Gogriing " of the Bhoteeas. 



142. Hydrocissa albirostris. 



This is the Cachar bird noted by Major Godwin-Austen in 

 his list of birds* as coronata. His measurements quite agree 

 with those of the next supposed species, 143. H. affinis, Blyth, 

 and confirm me in my doubts as to this bird being distinct. 

 My suspicions were aroused by observations in the Dehra Doon, 

 where I killed one or two individuals of the suj)posed species of 

 much smaller size, nearly corresponding with the dimensions of 

 H. albir-ostris. 



145. TOCCUS GINGALENSIS. 



Mr. Blyth says that the jungle grey Hornbill of continental 

 India must stand as Toccus griseus, Latham, B. cinerascens, 

 Temm., the true gingalensis being only found in Ceylon, where, 

 however, the other species also occurs. Schlegel gives our bird 

 as from Nepal, which is, I think, doubtful ; and Dr. King asserts 

 that it occurs in Central India, near Goona. As in the south of 

 India it only occurs in the dense forests of Malabar, I think that 

 this locality requires confirmation, as it would be a very unex- 

 pected denizen of Central India. 



146. ACEROS NIPALENSIS. 



This bird is the " Khulut " of the Lepchas, and " Gog-biah " 

 of the Bhoteeas of Darjeeling. This Hornbill, and perhaps 

 others of the species, is easily alarmed by any great noise ; and 

 the people of Cacbar and Munnipore, when they see a small 

 flock of them flying over their villages, make use of this trait 

 to catch them. They shout, beat drums, fire off matchlocks ; 

 and the birds incontinently descend to the nearest tree for shelter, 

 and even to the ground occasionally, and are killed by arrows, 

 or sometimes even by sticks, to become food for their captors. 



Buceros tickelli belongs to Toccus, and not to Berenicornis, as 

 I state, p. 252. 



146 his. Rhyticeros plicatus, Latham. 



This Hornbill has been killed in North Cachar by Major 



* Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1870, p. £»o. t J- A. S. 1870, p. 96. 



