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described in XII, 993 et seq. Casque large, much compressed, with a 

 great black mark occupying the larger portion of its ridge and sides in adults, 

 but never descending upon the upper mandible : the three outer tail-feathers 

 white, and the fourth either partially or completely so. Inhabits the Indian 

 peninsula generally, even to Cuttack. Adult male and female, from Chye- 

 bassa ; presented by Capt. Tickell : another adult male, from Goomsoor ; 

 presented by Capt. McPherson : and another old female, with nearly 

 half of the upper mandible broken away, but the casque uninjured ; from 

 Cuttack, presented by Dr. Gurney Turner of Midnapore. The last was shot 

 with its upper mandible thus broken, and the edges of the fracture worn 

 away, as it now appears in the stuffed specimen. 



5. B. ulbirostris, Shaw, Vieillot : B. malabaricus, Latham ; B, leucogaster, 

 nobis, X, 922 (the young) : described in XII, 995. Differs from the last 

 in its inferior size ; in having only the terminal portion of all but its middle 

 tail-feathers white ; and in the casque being much wider (as if inflated), 

 with the black mark greatly reduced, occupying the tip only of its ridge, but 

 invariably extending downward upon the upper mandible. In the female, 

 this black mark is less defined, often occupies as much as half of the ridge of 

 the casque, and extends even to occupy the tip of the upper mandible ; while 

 the cutting edges of both mandibles are also black. This species inhabits 

 Bengal, Nepal, the sub-Himalayan region further west, also Assam, Sylhet, 

 Arracan, and the Tenasserim provinces ; but not Southern India, whence the 

 name first bestowed by Latham is inadmissible. I observed it to be tolerably 

 common in the jungles of the Midnapore district. Six specimens retained : 

 two from Bengal ; two from Arracan, presented by Capts. Phayre and Abbott ; 

 and two from Tenasserim, presented by the Rev. J. Barbe ; also a head with 

 unusually large bill and casque, which may perhaps, however, belong to the 

 following species. 



6. B. intermedins, nobis : J3. violaceus of Wagler, apud Lord Arthur Hay, 

 Madr. Joum. XIII, 148 : probably B. malabaricus of Sumatra, apud Raffles : 

 vide p. 10 ante. Resembles the last, but with the wholly white outer tail- 

 feathers of B. pica. Inhabits the Malayan peninsula, where very common 

 about the latitude of Penang, and in Prince of Wales' Island ; but I have 

 never seen it in collections made at Malacca. A young specimen, presented 

 (with a Penang collection) by Dr. A. Campbell of Darjeeling. 



The next is nearly allied to the two last, but has no white on the belly and 

 tips of the wings, but only on the terminal third of its four outer tail-feathers 

 on each side : the presumed male, however, has a white superciliary coronal 

 circle, which is represented by obscure silvery-greyish in the other sex. Bill 

 and casque wholly yellowish-white, except at the extreme base of the mandi- 

 bles and on the hindmost portion of the casque, where the colour is black. 



