i^S BUCERID.^. 



crest about two inches high and four long, vertically 

 cut of!' in front and marked with four or live grooves 

 on its sides, ascending to the eye of the bird. The 

 adult male has the face whitish, changing to reddish 

 on the sides of the neck, and becoming deep red on 

 the elongated feathers on the occiput and nape : the 

 lower part of the neck is reddish : the back and the 

 wings are black, slightly glossed with green : the 

 belly and all the under parts are dull black : the tail 

 is whitish, with a broad black band at its tip : the 

 beak and its crest are red-purple ; as are also the 

 naked spaces round the eyes, and on the chin : the 

 grooves on the beak are dusky, the elevated lines 

 yellow : the legs are deep ashy-blue : the irides are 

 yellow. The young have the beak reddish, smooth, 

 and the crest small : the plumage is dull sooty brown : 

 the head and the neck are the same, but the tail is 

 white with its tip black : the adult female has the 

 entire plumage black, more or less glossed. 



Sp. 12. Bu. Malabaricus. Lath. — Bu. albirostris. Shaw, v. viii. 

 p. 13. — India, Java, &c. 



Sp. 13. Bu. Panayensis. Shaiv, v. \\\\. p. 33. — Philippine Isles. 



Sp. 14. Bu. ginginianus. Shatc, v. viii. p. 36. — India. 



Sp. 15. Bu. exarbatus. Reiniv. Temm. PL Col. 211. 



Br. niger dor so, ali^, cauddgue viridi-cBneo nitentibus; rosh-o 



simplici, longitiidinaliter sulcata. 

 Black Hornbill with the back, wings, and tail glossed with 



bronzed-green ; the beak simple, longitudinally grooved. 



Inhabits the Isle of Celebes. Length nineteen 

 inches : the beak is simple, with its culmen sharp and 

 elevated, and truncated diagonally at a short distance 



