shy, seldom permitting the s[»r)rf:sman to ap- 

 proach wiUiin Tange, When taken alive, they 

 make a strenuous resistance with their long and 

 powerful wings. The other species are, the Bttcerffs 

 momceros, Shaw, (Synonyme, J5. Affthtbaricm^ 

 Latliani), the Unicorn huruhill ; the B. i^aka- 

 Uts, Lath theGaleated, or Helmeled, hornbiU, and 

 the other two I conceive to be new species, and 

 shall therefore describe them. 



Tlie fin^t of these 1 shall term Btfccr^s ntgosus 

 or the Wrinkled hornbilh This species is twu feet 

 and a half long. Body, wings, and tail, black* with 

 the exception of the cheeks, shoulders. & throat, 

 which arc dirty white mixed with cinereous. One 

 third of the tail from the tip smoky white, helmet 

 and pouch-tike protuberance under I lie tbroat 

 crimson, the former furrowed with three deep 

 indentations. U[>per mandible yellowish brown 

 inclining to while at the tip, and chipped ai the 

 edges ; the base half of the lower mandible o^h- 

 raceous, and transversely caniculate; remainder 

 of the mandible dirty white. 



The second new species wlilch I have ventur- 

 ed to nomenclate \b the Bttarros fu^tthris, or M<?- 

 Inncholy htjrnbill. This species U two feet long, 

 having the bill very much hookjed, destitute of a 

 helmet, and of u reddish yelIo^% Head, neck, 

 lliroat, belly, and vent, white, slightly sprinkled 

 with black. Body, wings, and tail, black, the 

 latter tipped with white. This bird \h hieiancho- 

 iym its disposition but, wi tti a 1, voracious in its ha- 

 bits. I had one in confinemeTit for some time, feed- 

 ing it principally on plantains, which it devoured 



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