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lOCKUS FA8CIATUS. 



BIACK-AND-WHITE-TAIL HOENBILI. 



Le Calao longibande, Le Vaill. Hist. Nat. Ois. Afr. (1806) vol. v. p. 115. pi. 233. 



Buceros longibandus, Wilkes ? Ency. Lond. (1808) vol. iii. p. 480. 



Bucerosfasciatus, Shaw, Gen. Zool. (1811) vol. viii. p. 36; G. R. Gray, Gen. Birds, (1816) vol. iii. p. 400. sp. 28 • 



Temm. Plan. Col. (1824) vol. ii. sp. 15 ; Ersch u. Grub. Ency. (1824) p. 284; Hartl. Ornith. West-Afr. (1857) 



p. 163; Gurn. Ibis, (1859) p. 153; Schleg. Mns. Pays-B. (1862) p. 12; Eyton, Osteol. Av. (1867) p. 62; G. 



R.Gray, Hand-1. Birds (1870), pt. ii. p. 130. sp.7897; Giebel, Thes. Ornith. (1872) p. 498; Reichenb. Journ 



f. Ornith. (1876) p. 445. 

 Buceros melanoleucus , Vieill. (nee Licht.) Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat. (1816) vol. iv. p. 595 ; Wagl. Syst. Av. (1827) 



sp. 16. 

 Tockus fasciatus, Bon. Consp. Gen. Av. (1850) p. 91. sp. 6; Hartl. Journ. f. Ornith. (1854) p. 127. sp. 392 ; Cass. 



Proc. Acad. Nat. Scien. (1856) p. 319. sp. 27, (1859) p. 140. sp. 163 ; Bocage, Ornith. Angola, (1878) p. 123. 

 Lophoceros fasciatus, Cab. & Hein. Mus. Hein. (1850) Th. ii. p. 168. sp. 7; Heine, Journ. f. Ornith. (1860) p. 188. 

 Grammicus fasciatus , Bon. Consp. Vol. Anisod. (1854) p. 3. 





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Hab. Angola? (Schleg.) ; Congo, Old Calabar, and the borders of the Casamanze (Hartlaub); Cape Lopez 

 (Du Chaillu). 



The T. fasciatus was first made known to ornithologists by Le Vaillant {I. c.) as le Calao 

 longibande, in his work entitled ' L'Histoire naturelle des Oiseaux d'Afrique,' and a figure pub- 

 lished. Unfortunately he did not confer upon the bird a Latin name ; and therefore the species 

 has always been known by that of B. fasciatus, bestowed upon it by Shaw in 1811. It is true, a 

 name was given to the species previously in the e Encyclopaedia Londinensis ;' but, as the author is 

 not known, it cannot be accepted. Mr. Cassin, in the ' Proceedings of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia ' for 1867, called the attention of naturalists to the list of birds in the work 

 just named, and made them generally known ; but there is no evidence to show that Mr. Wilkes, 

 who is claimed as the author of the ornithological portion, ever had any thing especially to do with 

 it, although he may have been the editor of the work ; and there is no signature attached to the 

 articles to indicate who the writers were. Under these circumstances, although the names be- 

 stowed upon several of the Hornbills in the publication are the earliest known, they cannot be 

 received ; for to make a name valid that of its author should go with it. 



Nothing has been recorded concerning the economy and habits of the present species. It is 

 easily recognized from its near ally (T. semifasciatus) by the two lateral rectrices being pure white 

 for their entire length. It does not seem to be uncommon in the localities it frequents, and is 

 often sent to Europe in collections. Professor Schlegel gives the locality of a specimen in the 









