BUCCOTROGON. — BUCEROS. 
495 
BUCCOTROGON torquàtu* v. Kreling, Emdener Jahresbericht 1832. — Mega- 
laema pyrolopha Schleg. 
BUCEPHALA (Anatidae) Baiud, Birds N. America 1858. 795. = Anas Lin. 
Synon.: Clangula Flemm. — Glaucioii Kaup. 
Bill from feathers of forehead about equal to the tarsus and shorter than the 
head; high at the base; lateral outlines tapering to the tip, where the nail forms 
only the central portion, though rather large. Nostrils situated near the middle of 
the bill. Feathers of chin and forehead extending only moderately forwards a little 
further than those of cheeks. Tarsus rather more than half the foot. Tail mo- 
derately long, about half the wing and somewhat pointed; of sixteen feathers, 
albeola Baird, Birds N. America 797. = Ajias albeola Lin. 
americana Baird, Birds N. America 796. = Anas americana GiMEL. 
islandica Baird, Birds N. America 796. = Anas islandica Gmel. 
BIJCEROS (Bucerotidae. — ßouxepo^ cornubus bovis praeditus). — Linne, Syst. 
Natur. 1748. — Illiger, Prodr. Syst. 1811. 224. — Gray, Genera Birds 
1847. IL 398. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Buceros 1862. 
Synon.: Caryocatactes , Tragopan Möhr. — Hydrocorax Briss. — Alophius, Lopho- 
ceros Ehrbg. — Tockus Lesson. — Aceros Hodgs. — Rhinoplax, Dichoceros, Meniceros, 
Rhynchoceros Glog. — Rhyticeros, Rbytidoceros, Anorrhinus, Grammisus, Cranoceros, 
Anthracoceros , Penelopides Reichb. — Bucorvus, Bucerotaurus, Berenicornius , Hydrocissa, 
Cassidix, Homraivis, Calao Bonap. — Bucorax Smidev. — Tmetoceras, Sphagolobus, By- 
canistes, Cranorrhinus , Platyceros Cab. 
Rostrum elongatum, crassum, inane, cultratum, apice deflexum, maxillae basi 
epistemate i. e. appendice ejusdem cum rostro substantiae et indumenti at variae 
formae imposito. Tomia inaequaliter et obsoletius serrata aut denticulata, maxil- 
laria basi saepius incrassata. Nares ad epithematis basin utrinque prope antiam 
sitae, ovales, longitudinales, patulae. Lingua brevis, angusta, acuta. Pedes grès- 
sorii, médiocres, congrui. Digiti antici: laterales subaequales medio breviores, duo 
externi ad rhizonychium usque coadunati, hallux digito interno paullo brevior. 
Acropodia scutulata. — 54 Specc. 
abyssinicus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. L 358. — Latham, Ind. Ornith. 1. 143. 
[^Abyssinia. Sennaar. Kor do fan. 
Grand Calao d^Abyssinie Buffon, Pl. enlum. 779. 
Calao caroncule Levaillanï, Oiseaux V. 82. Tb. 130. 31. 
Buceros brac Dumont, Diet. sc. nat. VI. 201. 
Buceros carunculatus Wagler, Syst. Avium sp. 6. 
Buceros Leadbeateri Vigors teste Hartlaub. 
Tragopan abyssinicus Gray, List Genera Birds 65. — Rüppell, Neue 
Wirbeith. Vögel Tb. 4. 
Bucorvus abyssinicus Lesson, Traité Ornith. 252. — Sclater, Proceed. 
Zool. Soc. 1864. XXXIL III. 
Buceros caffer Verreaux teste Hartlaub. 
Bucorax abyssinicus IÏartlaub, Syst. Ornith. W. Afr. 165. 
Tmetoceros abyssinicus Cabanis, Mus. Heine. II. 175. 
Buceros carunculatus abyssinicus Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Buceros 19. 
Bucorvus Leadbeateri Gray, Handlist Birds II. 131. 
Albagamba. — Erkun. — Engungoa shito. — Bromvogel. 
africanus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 359. 
.albicristatus Cassin, Journ. acad. Philad. I. 135. Tb. 15. — Schlegel, Handl. 
Dierk. Vogels. Tb. 3. Fig. 39; Mus. Pays-Bas Buceros 9. [Africa occid. 
Buceros macrurus Temminck, Mus. lugdun. 
Berenicornis albicristatue s. macrurus Bonaparte, Conspect. Avium I. 91. 
albirostris Shaw, Gener. Zool. VIII. 13. ~ Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Buce- 
i*ös 6. '[India. Java. Sumatra. Borneo. 
Beaks of curious birds Edwards, Glean. Tb. 281. D. 
Buceros malabaricus Gmelin, Syst. Natur. I. 359. 
Calao à bec blanc Levaillant, Oiseaux rar. nouv. 29. Tb. 14. 
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