Identifier: faunaofbritishin03oate Title: The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma Year: 1889 (1880s) Authors: Oates, Eugene William, 1845-1911 Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905 Subjects: Birds -- India Birds -- South Asia Publisher: London, Taylor and Francis [etc., etc.] Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Text Appearing Before Image: . Gen. (2) iv, p. 588 ; vii, p. 428.The Benyal Pied Hornbill, The Dehra-Doon Hornhill, Jerdon; Hay-tuk tek-ee, Assamese ; Ouk-khyen, Burmese. Coloration. Similar to that of A. coronatus, except that the fourouter pairs of tail-feathers are black for three-fourths of theirlength and only white for 3 or 4 inches at the tip. The casque isvery different in shape, not compressed, but convex at the sidesand swollen. The black marks on the bill and casque are different:in males there is a black baud running obliquely downwards andbackwards from the anterior point; the back of the casque, thebase of both mandibles, and part of the commissure are black. Infemales the back of the casque, the anterior half of the casque, VOL. III. ^ 146 buceeotidjE. the ciilmen in front of the casque, and the whole commissure andtips and base of both mandibles are black, and there is a red-brownmark on the lower mandible in front of the black base. The irisis reddish brown; legs and feet plumbeous in both sexes.

Text Appearing After Image: Fig. 41.—Head of A. albirostris, J, i. Distrihution. There are two varieties, distinguished by size alone:the larger (A. affinis) inhabits the Lower Himalayas, as far westas Delira Diin, the Rajmehal Hills, Midnapore, and parts of ChutiaISTagpur, where it meets A. coronatus. It is also found in Assamand the Ivhasi and Naga hills, and measures : length in malesabout 35 inches, tail llo, wing 12-5, tarsus 2-3, bill from gape 6 ;females being rather less. The smaller race, A. alhh-ostris, rangesfrom Cachar and Manipur to vSonthern Tenasserim, Siam, andCochin China, and measures in males : length 28-e5, tail 10-5,wing 10-75, tarsus 2, bill from gape 5; females somewhatsmaller. The difference in weight is considerable, fine malesweighing according to Hume 2*87 and 1-75 lbs. respectively. I quite agree with all Indian ornithologists who reject the mis-leading name malaharicus for this species. Habits, 4c. Generic. This species has been observed by Mr.Inglis to catch and eat fish ; it is a

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