96 A List of Birds from the Khasi hills Sfc. [No. 2, 



Length of bill to gape 6| inches, girth 7£" ; foot from fore claw 

 to hind claw 4£" ; tarsus 2f". 



146a. Rhyticeros plicatus, Latham. 



The whole of the head, neck, back, breast, and wing black, with 

 a green sheen. Head finely crested with a j.lume of black hairy 

 feathers, tail all white. The naked space on the throat -pole green 

 and blue with an indigo band ; orbital skin dull red ; mandible pale 

 waxy buff, casque small, irides pale brown, feet yellow, claws black, 

 strong. Length 3 feet 2 inches ; extent 5 feet 2 inches ; wings 18£" 

 inches ; tail 1", spread of foot including claws 5 inches ; mandi- 

 ble 6£", its girth at base 8", depth 3"; this bird was shot at Garilo 

 near Asalti where the hornbills were particularly numerous in 

 January and February ; in May very few were to be seen. The 

 Nagas are very clever bird-snarers and brought into camp great 

 numbers of birds for sale, among them a few Hornbills, of other 

 birds Barbets were particularly numerous. 



1465. Aceros ?, sp. indet. Yellow throated Black HornbiU. 

 Whole of body and wings black with a tinge of blue ; neck, 

 extending from over the eyes, and tail pure white. From the 

 base of the upper mandible a line of reddish brown feathers 

 commence, and widening and lengthening these cover the whole 

 of the back, part of the head and neck, merging into a black 

 line as it approaches the back. Orbital skin pink, eyelashes 

 long, irides a bright red, like red seab'ng wax ; naked part of 

 throat bright yellow ; casque small with seven indistinct ridges 

 pale coloured — separated by black bars, base of both mandibles 

 barred in same manner, the bars being narrow ; this thickening 

 at base of the bill extends for 2^ to 3 inches. General colour of bill 

 greenish white. Length 3 feet 9 inches, expanse 5 feet 4 inches ; tail 

 1 foot 1 inch ; wing 19 inches ; bill to gape 9 inches ; depth 3§", 

 casque 3£" 



146c. Anorhinus galeritus, T e m m. (Je r d o n B. of I, p. 252). 



A. carinatus, B 1 y t h, is the young of this species. 



The whole of the upper parts of a pale slaty grey, having in 



certain lights a greenish tinge, throat and sides of neck white, 



dull rufous on the breast and belly, thighs and under tail coverts. 



Primaries greenish black, tipped and barred white, a white spot 





