BUG EROS coronatus, 

 Coronated Hornhill. 



Generic Character. 



Rostru7n elongatum, crassum, inane, deflexum, marginihus obtush 

 crenatis,epit/iemate inani,formd vario, in mandibulam super iorem 

 iinposito. Nares basales, ovatce, {lingua brevis, angusta, acuta. 

 llliger.) Pedes gressorii. 



Bill elongated, thick, hollow, deflexed, the margins obtusely 

 crenated, with excrescences of various forms placed on the 

 upper mandible. Nostrils basal, oval. Tongue short, nai'* 

 row, pointed. Feet gressorial. 



Generic Types. B. Rhinoceros, bicornis. Linn. 



Specific Character. 



B. niger, abdomine , stria utrinque occipitali, apiceque rectricium albis; 

 rostra subcristato, {carinato,) rubra. Shaw. 



Black Hornbill, with the abdomen, stripe on each side of the nape, 

 and tip of the tail white. Bill slightly crested, (carinated,) 

 and red. 



Le Calao Couronne male. Le Vaill. Ois. d'Af. vol. v. p. 117. pi. 234. 



Buceros coronatus. Coronated Ilornbill. Shawin Gen. Zool. 8. p. 35. 



1 HE bills of these birds present a more uncouth appearance 

 than even those of the Toucans ; many species having; knobs 

 or excrescences which seem to grow out of the bill itself, 

 and give a strange appearance to the bird. The whole tribe 

 are natives only of the tropical parts of Africa and Asia ; 

 feeding on animal substances, either living or dead. 



Le Vaillant discovered this bird in CafFraria ; congregating 

 in flocks of near 500, along with crows and vultures, over 

 the remains of slaughtered elephants. It frequents forests, 

 perching on high, and generally withered trees ; it likewise 

 destroys insects. 



The specimen now before me is about the size of a 

 magpie ; the white collar only surrounds the back of the 

 head, and is not well defined ; the carinated process on the 

 bill ends abruptly/, and not gradualli/, as seen in Le Vaillant's 

 figure ; the margins are obtusely crenated, the tail even, and 

 the two middle feathers entirely black. 



PI. 178. 



