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ANTHRACOCEROS MALABARICUS.
PIED HOENBILL.
Pied Hoyiihill, Lath. Gen. Syn. (1781) vol. i. p. 319. sp. 6, pi. si.
a ™ « i aS™. Omel. Syl . N.t. (1788) ,ol. i. p. 359. .p. 7 ! L. th. Ind. Orn. (1790), vol. i. p. MS. .p. 6 i
M'CMl. Proc. Zool. Soo. (1839) p. lOlj Temm. Plan. Col. (1824) vol. ii. .p. 11 (text) ; Vieill. Nonv. Diet.
Hist. N.t. vol. iv. (1816) p. 695: Leo. Tt.it. Ornith. (1831) p. 264. .p. 8 ; Eveh u. Orub. Eney. (1831) p.
285; Miill. & Sehlcg. Verh. Geschied. Neder. Ind. iv. (1839-14) pp. 22, 28.
Buceros al^icomis, Wilkes ? Eney. Lend. vol. iii. (1808) p. 479.
Bucero, „lUrodri., Sh.w, Gen. Zool. vol. viii. (1811) p. 13 : Vieill. Nonv. Diet, lli.t. N. t . vol. iv. (1810) p. 590 ;
W . g l . Svsl. Av. (1827) .p. 11 ! Blyth, C.t. B: Mu. . Asi.t. Soe. Beng. (1849) pp. 43 & 803. sp. 179 ; Tiekell,
m . (1864) p. 179j Blytli, H i . (180-4) p. 412; id. Jonm. Asi.t. Soe. Bong. (1843) vol. jii. pt. ii. p. 995 ;
Gr.y, Il.nd-1. B. pt. ii. (1870) p. 128. sp. 7874.
Bueere, leueoia.ler, Blyth, Jonm. Asiat Soe. Bong. (1843) vol. i . p. 922 (juv.), vol. l i i . p. 177 (18.13).
Bueeroa niejndhm, Hodg. Gr.y, Zool. iVIise. (18-14) p. 85.
J ! « . ™ . ß m Hutton, Jonm. Asi.t. Soe. Bcng. vol. xviii. p. 802 ; Blyth, C.t. B. Mns. A. i . t . Soe. Bong. (1849)
p 43. sp. 178; GKiy, H.nd-L B. pt. ii. (1870) p. 128. sp. 7875.
H,,im,m .mroA-ie, Horst. !i Moore, C. t . B. Mu. . E.-Ind. Co. (1856-8) vol. ii. p. 589. .p. 870 ; C.b. 8. Hem.
Mus. Hein. Th. ii. (1860) p. 171. no. 471 ; Jeid. B. Ind. vol. i. (1862) p. 247. sp. 142; Blyth, Ibis (1866)
p. 351 ; Bknford, Ibis (1870) p. 466 ; Jord. Ibis (1872) p. 5. sp. 1-42 ; SeHog. Mns. P.ys -B«, (1862) p. 6 ; Blyth,
B. of Boim. (1875) p. 68. sp. 69; Sh.rpe, Proe. Zool. Soe. (1875) p. 102; S.lv.d. C.t. Ueelli Boi . p. 82.
Hyireeitm Je r d . B. Ind. vol. i. p. 2-17. sp. 143 (1862) ; Blyth, Ibi . (1866) p. 349.
Hyelroeissa eormata, Godwiu-Austen, Jonm. Asi.t. Soe. Bong. (1870) p. 95.
n . i » . Midn.porc district, U.jm.h.l, Mongl.yr, Nep. l , A.s.m, Sylhct, Ar r .k.n, Ten.s.eriin Provinees, Doyr.
Doen, Burm. , Tongboo; K.ren Hills (BLTTH) ; Borneo (SCHLEGEL) ; Labu.n (Low).
G m o l i n ivas tho Stst to describe thi s Ijird ; and altliough the colour ing of t h e tail render s it
e a s y t o be distinguished from its n e a r relatives the A. coronaius and A. convexm, yet it h a s been
f r e q u e n t l y confounded with them, and the synonymy has not been an easy task to unravel.
S h a w , as in the case of A. coronatus, conferred the name of alUrostris upon the species,
e v i d e n t l y oblivious of Gmelin's prior name; and many writers have followed him, so that it is
p e r h a p s bet ter k n own by Shaw' s appelktion than by its rightful one of maXOiaricui. It differs
f r o m bot h ooronatus and comexus in h aving the lateral tail-featliers b l a c k t o w i t h i n a shor t distance
of the tips, which are wliite, whe r e a s in the other species these feathers are whol l y whi t e ; and
f r o m coromdus it can i n addi t ion be distinguished by tire black p a t c h on the casque extending
o n t o the maxilla, which is never seen i n examples of the allied species. It has a mor e northern
r a n g e than the ceyronatm. The two species me e t i n t h e j u n g l e s of l l i d n a p o r e , w h e n c e the present
b i r d goes nor t h t o the base of t h e Himalayas, and then e a s twa r d as far as Burmah.
B l y t h has separated tire bu-d f r o m t h e Deyr a Doon as distinct, under the name of IS. o f f m h .