462 CLASS XVI. 



PI. enl. ■283 (young bird), Guekin Iconogr., Ois. PI. 29, fig. 2; Philippine 

 Islands ; — Buceros nificoUis Vikill., Labillardiere Voyage a la Rech. de 

 La Pbtrouse, PI. 11, Temm. PI. col. 557; New Guinea, Ceram, Am- 

 boyna, &c. 



b) Tarsi elongate. Tmctoceros Cabanis, {Bucorvus Less., G/RAt). 



Sp. Buceros ahyssinkus Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 779; here the horny excrescence 

 on the bill is as though excised in front and open. 



All these birds live in warm countries of the eastern hemisphere. Thoy 

 are the largest of this order; their food consists principally of fruits. 

 They are shy, have a loud one-noted cry, and make their nests in holes 

 of trees. Many species are figured in Temminck's PI. col. which work 

 may be principally consulted on this genus. 



Family XXIX. Coracianm. Wing-coverts large. Tarsi covered 

 anteriorly with transverse scutes, reticulate posteriorly. Outer toes 

 united at the base only or free. Wings with ten primaries. Bill 

 moderate or long cultrate, with tip of upper mandible curved, pro- 

 duced beyond the lower. Nostrils basal, lateral, longitudinal, 

 oblique. Tail with twelve feathers, mostly moderate. Claws 

 compressed, curved, acute. 



Euryceros Less. Bill long, with culmen high, curved; greatly 

 compressed towards the tip ; upper mandible emarginate before the 

 tip. Outer toes united at the base. Hallux large. Wings with fourth 

 and fifth quills subequal, longest of all. Tail moderate, rounded. 



Sp. Euryceros Prevostii Less., Centime Zool. PI. 74, Illustr. de Zool. PI. 13; 

 Madagascar. This bird, of the size of a thrush, is black, with back and 

 wing-coverts cinnamon-brown. It seems probable to me that it ought to 

 be placed here ; to the preceding family at least, in which Lesson and 

 Gray have arranged it, it does not appear to belong. 



Colaris Cuv., Eurytomus ViEiLL., Gray. Bill shorter than 

 head, curved abruptly at the tip, broad at the base, compressed 

 towards the tip, with gape ample. Recumbent bristles at the angle 

 of mouth. Outer toes united at the base, nearly equal. Hallux 

 large. Tarsus shorter than middle toe. The long wings produced 

 almost as far as the posterior margin of tail, with second quill 

 longest of all. Tail moderate even. 



Sp. Colaris orientalis, Coracias orientalis L., Bdff. PI. enl. 619; East 

 Indies and China; — Colaris madagascariensis, Coracias madagascariensis 

 Gm., Buff. PI. enl. 501, Less. Ornith. PI. 49, fig. 2, 



Chloi'ojyygia Swains., BmcJiypteracias Lafresn. Bill mode- 

 rate, compressed, with culmen curved. Outer toes free. Hallux 



