148 Descriptions of some supposed New, or 



back, which when examined will be found to form only the 

 outer webs of the feathers, to which they belong, the inner 

 webs being like the rest of the dorsal plumage; each of these 

 feathers is tipped with black ; a little white occurs over each 

 eye, and the cheeks are minutely speckled with white ; the 

 ears are bright rufous at the base, but resemble the dorsal 

 plumage at the tips ; the bristles which spring from the chin 

 and nostrils are dirty white ; the first quill has five rufous 

 spots on its outer web, the second also has five spots, but the 

 two nearest the tip only are rufous, the others being white ; 

 the spots on the three next quills are white, and those on the 

 sixth are entirely rufous ; the inner webs in S. Aldrotandi 

 are barred, but these bars are wanting in the Malay Scops, 

 light tawny blotches breaking only the hair brown colour of 

 the quills ; the tips of the quills however are faintly and 

 minutely speckled; the third and fourth quills are equal 

 and longest, the second and fifth are equal, and the first is 

 shorter than any ; the upper surface being but faintly barred, 

 and hair brown. 



The upper mandible of the bill is black, the under dirty 

 yellow ; in shape it closely resembles S. Aldrotandi, but is 

 neither so high, nor so strong ; the tarsus is not feathered as 

 far down as in the European bird, the whole leg and foot is 

 weaker, and the entire bird is smaller. 



Dimensions. 



Wing 5^ inches. 



Tarsus , S T „ 



Tail 2 T % „ 



Buceros Violaceus, Wagler. 



Lower portion of the breast, belly, vent, thigh coverts, 

 tips of the quills, and tail, excepting the two middle feathers, 

 white, the rest of the plumage glossy green black ; first and 



