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and casque coral-red, the front of the casque and terminal half of the mandi- 

 bles yellowish. Young browner, with a tinge of rufous on the breast : the 

 bill and incipient casque wholly pale yellow. Inhabits the Malayan peninsula 

 and archipelago. Adult and young (now in very bad order) ; presented by 

 J. Middleton, Esq. These specimens, with the very large B. cavatus pre- 

 sented by D. McCosh, a Rhinoceros Hornbill since replaced, and to a less 

 extent our B. hydrocorax, were much injured by exposure to the dust and 

 attacks of insects, prior to my taking charge of the museum. Our other 

 specimens of this genus are, without exception, in excellent order. 



Genus Irrisor, Lesson, vide XIV, 188. 



I. erythrorhynchos j Upupa erythrorhynchos, Latham. From S. Africa, 

 Specimen presented by Lord A. Hay. 



Genus Upupa. Lin. (as restricted). 



1. U. epops, Lin. European Hoopoe. Common in Northern India, Ben- 

 gal, Arracan, &c. ; and occurs rarely in the Nilgherries. Two specimens, from 

 the neighbourhood : another pair (very rufescent), from the Tenasserim 

 provinces ; presented by the Rev. J. Barbe : vide XV, 11.* 



2. U. senegalensis (?), Swainson : U. minor apud Jerdon : vide XIV, 189. 

 Common in the peninsula of India. Two specimens, from Goomsoor ; 

 presented by Capt. Malcolmson. 



3. U. minor, Shaw. From S. Africa, Specimen presented by Lord A. 

 Hay. 



Of the great genus Buceros, we accordingly now possess 44 mounted 

 specimens, pertaining to 18 species. In the Catalogue published in the 

 Journal for 1841, p. 652, only 3 specimens are enumerated, viz. jB. hydro- 

 corax and B. panayensis, from the dispersed Macao museum, and the B, 

 cavatus presented by Dr. McCosh : but the following Malayan specimens, 

 presented by J. Middleton, Esq. (late of the Hindu College), were also in the 

 museum when I took charge of the Society's collections, in September of 

 that year, — B. rhinoceros, B. bicolor, B. pusaran, and adult and young of B. 

 galeatus. We had thus not a single Indian specimen of this genus, unless 

 the Assamese example of B. cavatus be so regarded : and all the large speci- 

 mens, except B. pusaran and B. bicolor, were considerably injured by 

 exposure on top of the glass-cases in the (then) bird-room. At present we 

 cannot boast a single African species, and are poor in those inhabiting the 

 more distant countries of the Eastern Archipelago. 



The species of Hornbill inhabiting the peninsula of India, are only four 

 in number ; and I doubt much whether any additional species occurs in 

 Ceylon. Three of these — B. pica, B. birostris, and B. gingalensis,—ave con- 



* I have seen no Hoopoes from the Malayan peninsula ; nor is this genus mentioned 

 in the Sumatran and Javanese r-atnlogues of Sir Stamford Raffles and Dr. Ilorsfield. 



