490 BUCEROTID^E. 



ffab. Southern India, British Burmah, northerly extending through the 

 Indo-Burmese countries and the hill tracts of Eastern Bengal to the Himalayas. 

 To the South of Burmah it ranges down the Malay Peninsula to Sumatra. 

 Jerdon says it is found in the forests of Malabar from the extreme south up to 

 Goa, and I have had it at Rutnagherry also. It is common in Assam, on the 

 Eastern slopes of the Neilgherries, near Darjeeling and the Sikkim Himalayas. 

 It is generally found in pairs, or in small flocks of from six to twenty indivi- 

 duals, in the densest parts of forests. The breeding season commences late in 

 February or early in March. A large natural hollow is selected, and the female 

 is immured therein with a mixture of dung, bark, earth, leaves, &c., till the 

 young are fledged. The female is all this time assiduously fed by the male. 

 Eggs two in number, white, but much stained with yellow at times. 



Gen. Anthracoceros, Reich. 



Bill with a long, sharp, acute casque,, extending from the base of the bill 

 over two-thirds its length. 



1128. Anthracoceros coronatus (Bodd.), Jerd., B. ind. K 



p. 245, No. 141 ; Hume, Str. F. ii p. 388. Buceros coronata, Bodd,, TabL, 

 PI. Enl. 873,. Hydrocissa coronata, Elliot \ Mon. Bucer. pi. xii. The 

 MALABAR PIED HORNBILL. 



Plumage entirely black, except beneath from the breast,, the tips of the 

 primaries and secondaries, the three outer tail feathers an each side and the 

 next pair which are white \ bill and part of the casque yellowish white ; base 

 of both mandibles black, also the hind margin of the casque of the male ; a 

 patch of black on the anterior three-fourths in adults ; casque large, com- 

 pressed laterally, protruding back over the crown and ridge. 



Length. 3 feet ; wing 13 inches ; tail 14; bill fiom gape 7 inches ; height 

 of bill with casque 4 inches ; naked s-kin on the throat pale, livid fleshy \ irides 

 crimson. 



Hab. Southern India, also Malabar, Goomsoorand Central India. Extends 

 also to Ceylon. Habits same as the last. 



1129. Anthracoceros albirostris (Shaw), Oates, B. Br. Burm* 



ii. p, 90. Buceros albirostris, Shaw, -Gen. Zool. viii. p. 13; TicMl, Ibis, 

 1864, p. 179. Hydrocissa albirostris, Jerd. t B. Ind. i p. 247 ; Salvad., Ucc. 

 Born. p. 82 ; Blyth, B. Burm. p. 68 ; Wardlaw- Ramsay, Ibis, 1877, P- 455 J 

 Oates, Str. F. vii. p. 46 ; Hume, Str. F. viii. p. 86 ; Bingham, Str. F. viii. 

 p. 462 ; ix. p. 158. Anthracoceros malabaricus (Gm.), Elliot, Mon. Bucer. 

 pi. xiii. (part). The SMALL PIED HORNBILL. 



Plumage black, more or less glossy ; below from the breast, including the 

 sides of the body to the under tail coverts white, also the broad tips to the 



