TOCKUS CAMURUS
TOCKUS CAMURUS.
O A S S I N ' S PYÜMY llOENBILL.
... Cassb, Proc. Acntl. Nat. Sei. (lööö) p. ,319, (1859) v «P- •
(1800) p. 188. sp. 1-1-6; Heidi. Joura. für Omitli. (1875) p. 13.
Buceros pulchriroslris, Sclilegcl, Soc. Nat. Art. Jlag. Amster.; id. Ned. Tijds. voor d. Dicrk. vol. i. (18C2) p. 7 t,
pi, 4, Ois. J id. Mus. Pays-lks, (1862) p. 15; C>. R. (Jray, IIa..d-l. Birds, pt. ii. (187Ü) p. 130. sp. 7Ö03.
Tockuspulckriroslris, Sharpe, Ibis, (1870) p. 485. sp. 181; id. Proc. Zool, Soe. (1871) p. 604. sp. 8; Euicli. Journ.
für Orai t t , (1875) p. 13.
Buceros camurus. G. U. Gray, lland-l. Birds, pt, ii. (1870) p. 130. sp- 'ÜÜÜ; «icbel, Thesaur. Oriiitli. vol. i. (1872)
p, 497.
lUii. Qold Coast (SCHLEGEL) ; Oapc Lopez (Du CIIAILIU),
Mr. Cassin first described this spcciesin the 'Proceedings of the Aeadcmy of Natural ScicncGs'
in ISöß ; and it was subsequently renamed pulchrirostria by Schlegel in the ' Nederlandsch Tijdschrift'
for 1862. Jlr, Cassin's type was obtained by Du Chaillu near Cape Lopez, in Western
Africa, and sent with other rare and new birds to Philadelphia. Mr. Cassin remarks of this
species that it " is the smallest bird of the genera Buceros and Tockus that I have ever seen, and
appears to be the smallest known spccies. It resembles in some measure T. melanoleucus,
but is much smaller. Three specimens are in the collection, essentially alike."
Bill bright red; maxilla greatly comprcsscd laterally; culmcn elevated into a low crest.
Head, breast, and back rufous brown. Wings dark brown, lesser and greater coverts tipped with
white, forming two rows. Primaries brownish black, with an oval buff spot about the centrc on
both webs ; secondaries blackish brown, broadly margined with deep buff. Tail dark olive-brown,
shafts and edges of webs and tips rufous brown. TJndcrparts white. Feet dark brown.
Total length 12-^ inches, wing G, tail bill 2^.
Specimen figured is in the Brilish-ltuseum collection,