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4. Buceros rujicollis, Vieillot. — Mr. Barb assures me, that there are two races, or 

 perhaps species, of this Hornbill, which differ only in the colour of the naked skin of 

 the throat and around the eyes, which in one is of a beautiful blue, and in the other 

 an equally rich yellow. Both are very common, associating in flocks of a dozen or 

 twenty birds, but the two do not mingle in the same flock. The B. Nipalensis ( Hodg- 

 son) was not recognised by Mr. Barb as an inhabitant of Tenasserim. 



5. B. leucogaster f Nobis, n. s. ? Length about two feet, of wing from bend 9| in- 

 ches, tail the same ; beak 3^ in. long, and, with casque, 2 inches deep ; the latter sub- 

 carinated, and narrowing and diminishing anteriorly to where it terminates, but little 

 abruptly, beyond the middle of the upper mandible, as if a young bird (which Mr. 

 Barb assures me it is not). All the upper parts wholly black glossed with green, ex- 

 cept the tips of the wing-primaries and secondaries, and of the tail feathers, exclusive 

 of the uropygial pair, which are white ; belly and thighs also white, as is likewise the 

 inside of the shoulders of the wings : coronal and occipital feathers elongated. Beak 

 yellowish white ; and tarse greenish. This species associates in large flocks, and is 

 even more common than the last. A still smaller black species, with a similar casque, 

 and the common Indian B. Malabaricus, are stated by Mr. Barb to be also common 

 in Tenasserim ; while the great B. Homrai, Hodgson, is likewise found there, but 

 more sparingly, and differs from the rest in never flocking but keeping in pairs, and 

 avoiding human habitations. The B. Rhinoceros was not recognised by Mr. Barb 

 as an inhabitant of Tenasserim. 



6. Alcedo Bengalensis, an adult and two young specimens. — This common Indian 

 species is contained in a collection made by Dr. Cantor in Chusan. It abounds in 

 Tenasserim. 



7. Halcyon Capensis. 



8. H. ?— The Goorial of the Sunderbunds of Bengal. 



9. H. Coromandus, Alcedo Coromandus, Sonnerat. — The H. atricapillus and 

 H. Smyrnensis are likewise recognised by Mr. Barb, as being, with the three former 

 species, common in Tenasserim ; and all are stated by him to be very piscivorous, 

 whieh is a fact not generally known of the restricted Halcyons. H. rudis, v\ras ob- 

 served by Mr. Barb at Kangoon. 



10. Coracias affinis, McClelland and Horsfield {Proc. Zool.Soc, 1839, p. 164.)— 

 I am informed that this bird is not unfrequent in Bengal. 



11. Bucia Athertonii : B. Nipalensis, Hodgson; Nyctiornis Athertonii,Svva.mson; 

 Merops Athertonii, Jardine and Selby; M. cyanopterus, Jerdon (Madras Journal, 

 No. 27, p. 228.)— Both this species and B. amictus are stated by Mr. Barb to occur, 

 though rarely, on the Tenasserim coast. The latter is, I believe, more frequent in the 

 Malay peninsula. The Coracias Indica, Merops Indicus, and M. Sumatranus, are 

 also recognised by Mr. Barb as inhabitants of Tenasserim. Upupa Epops is very 

 abundant. 



Among the Zygodactyli, technically so denominated, I find in the collection 



12. Bucco Indicus and ruhricapillus, Latham, B. Phillippensis smd Jlavicollis, 

 Vieillot. A very abundant species in Bengal, and, I believe, throughout the Indian 

 Peninsula. It is equally common in Tenasserim, where, however, the B. cyanops, so 

 plentiful in Bengal, was not observed by Mr. Barb. 



13. Picus occipitalis, Vigors. 



