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from the tip ; it is distingiiished by having very deep 

 grooves, following the contour of the beak ; and 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the upper mandibles, 

 the tip itself and lower mandible being smooth : the 

 plumage in general is of a sombre cast ; the head is 

 of a dull black ; as are also the neck and under parts : 

 the back, wings, and tail are of a shining black, with 

 bronzed-green reflections : the wings reach to the 

 rump : the tail is e<]ual : the legs black : and the 

 beak brown, with its tip whitish. 



Sp. 16. Bu. fesdatus. Si^citr. r. viii. p. 34. — AjEgvrnla. 



Sp. 17. BiL corona tus. Shavc.-.YVOL. p.S^5. Swam^ Zool. IU»$i~ 



r. iii. pi. 17S. — Southern Africa. 

 Sp. 18. Bn. gingalensis- SJiaWj c. fin, j?. 37. — Ceylon. 

 Sp. 19. Bu, nasutus. is*A. Shaxej w. \m..p. 30. — Africa, 

 Sp. 20. Bu, erTtiirorhynclios. Briss.f^. 46. f. 2. — Bu. nasutias. 



{par. Red-billed Horn-bill.) Shnvr, r. Tiii.^ 20.-7-Africa,. 



Sp. - 1 . Bu. buccinator, Temrn. PL Col. 284. 



Br. collo. pectore.j dorsoj alisj caHddgve nigrisy •mriS-isveo JtittTi- 



fibusf carport infrh apicihusqve remigiatm secHndariafTcm recfrs- 

 ■ ciumque lateraliorBM al&is. 

 HombiU witi the neck, breast, had", wing?, and tsil biaei, glossed 



■vrith bronzed-green ; tte body beneath and tips of the seoiHEdarY 



quills and lateial taH-ieathers white. 



INHABITS Southern Africa. Allied to the imme- 

 diately preceding species : its length is about two 

 feet : the casque on the beak is large, its edges are 

 cun*ed inwards : it is dilated at the tip, and is slightly 

 curved ; its hinder port is elevated into a kind of 

 hood, and is detached from the base of the beak, and 

 its point is much compressed, and is prolonged into 

 a truncated venical horn ; its surface is much wrin- 



