986 Mr. Blyth's Report for December Meeting, 1842. [No. 143. 



by no means obvious : sides of the face naked ; and I now think the 

 bird may be safely ranged in Gracula, v. Eulabes, Cuvier, vide p. 

 178 (bis), ante. 



After the foregoing corrections and emendations, my paper on Dar- 

 jeeling birds still contains fifteen presumed new species, of which thir- 

 teen have been received from that locality ; viz. Indicator xanthonotus, 

 Bucco Franklinii, Xiphoramphus (olim Xiphirhynchus) supercili- 

 aris, Paradoxornis ruficeps, Cinclidium frontale, Pteruthius rufiven- 

 ter, Alcurus (olim Tricophorus) striatus, Accentor variegatus (olim 

 HimalayanusfJ, Turdus mollissimus , Chaitaris grandis, Muscica- 

 pula rubecula ( Dimorpha super ciliar is „ passim), Phylloscopus regu- 

 loides, and Linotafusca: of the remaining two, the Gracula ? (olim 

 Ampeliceps) coronatus is most probably from Tenasserim; and 

 Timixos meruloides is perhaps Australian. Mr. Hodgson has subse- 

 quently sent specimens from Nepal of Bucco Franklinii, Pteruthius 

 rufiventer, Alcurus striatus, Turdus molissimus, Muscicapula rube- 

 cula, and has informed me of the occurrence there of Phylloscopus 

 reguloides. I remain, Sir, 



Your's obediently, 



Ed. Blyth. 



Appendix. — I have such a multitude of new species of Birds to 

 describe, and there are so many more groups of them which I think 

 I can elucidate, at least as regards their Indian species, that, notwith- 

 standing the great length of the foregoing Report, I shall take the 

 present opportunity to relieve myself of some portion of this constantly 

 increasing cumulus. 



Genus Buceros. The various descriptions of Hornbills to which I 

 have access are, for the most part, highly unsatisfactory and perplexing, 

 for which reason I shall contribute my mite towards the elucidation of 

 the species of this group. Those of India are as follow : — 



I. B. cavatus, Shaw, apud Gould, in Century (not a good figure) ; 

 also apud Jerdon, Madr. J I. Vol. XI, 37, where the following is 

 correctly described from Mr. Elliot's notes : B. homrai, Hodgson, As. 

 Res. XVIII, pt. II, p. 169 et. seq. ; with coloured figure and views of 

 the casque at different ages: Dr. Horsfield, however, in his catalogue 

 of Dr. McClelland's Assamese birds (P. Z. S. 1839, p. 164), notices 

 that the Calao a casque concave of Levaillant, according to Shaw's 



