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second primaries uniform black, short, narrow, and attenuated 

 at the ends, in a somewhat similar manner to the first quill 

 in the genus Ptilinopits, as seen in Columba f P.J jambos ; 

 head crested as in most Buceridoe, that is the longest feathers 

 rising from the nape, and growing shorter towards the ver- 

 tex. The two middle tail feathers surpass slightly the rest, 

 and show an indication to be tipped with white ; these fea- 

 thers are more pointed than the lateral ones, which become 

 almost truncate in form, and slightly graduated in length ; this 

 structure is to be observed also in the following species, as 

 well as in B. Albirostris, Malabaricus, Gingianus, Gingalen- 

 sis, Coronatus (Africa), &c. 



The form of the bill in this species is very peculiar, the 

 true line of the culmen may be seen along its whole length; 

 a narrow groove commences at the nostril which is placed in it, 

 and separates in a way the main portion of the upper mandi- 

 ble from its casque ; the culmenoid ridge of the casque for 

 half its length is much higher than the occipital plane of the 

 head ; the casque is much swollen all its length, though most 

 so in the middle, where, when seen from above, it is broader 

 than the bill ; its posterior portion is much narrower than 

 the front of the head, and its anterior portion is much pinched, 

 so as to render it almost sharp ; the sides of the upper mandi- 

 ble are concave, and the margins of the bill are dentated, and 

 in my specimen much worn, irregularly notched, and broken. 

 From Malacca. 



Dimensions. 



Total length 27 inches. 



Wing 10 „ 



Tarsus 1 T 9 „ „ 



Hallux 1 



Culmenoid ridge .. 3^ „ 



Bill from gape 4-^ inches. 



Gonys 3ft „ 



True culmen 2fV „ 



Bill from nostril in a 



straight line J *?» '• 



Buceros Comatus, Raffles. 

 A specimen of what I consider to be this bird is now be- 



