. Birds. Birds. lOPHOCBEOS. 155 1062. lophoceros birostris, The Common Grey Homhill. Buceros birostris, Soop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. ii, p. 87 (1786) i Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 995; id. Cat. p. 44. Buceros ginginianus, Latham, Ind. Dm. i, p. 146 (1790) : Blyth, J. A. iS. B. xii, p. 996. Tockus bicornis, Horsf. |- M. Cat. ii, p. 697 (1856-8). Meniceros bicornis, Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 248; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 350; King, J; A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 214; Home, P. Z. 8. 1869, p. 241; C. 8f G. Marshall, IS. F. iii, p. 331; Butler, S. F. iii, p. 457 ; V, 5. 218. Ocyceros ginginjanus, Hume, N.
. Birds. Birds. lOPHOCBEOS. 155 1062. lophoceros birostris, The Common Grey Homhill. Buceros birostris, Soop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. ii, p. 87 (1786) i Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. 995; id. Cat. p. 44. Buceros ginginianus, Latham, Ind. Dm. i, p. 146 (1790) : Blyth, J. A. iS. B. xii, p. 996. Tockus bicornis, Horsf. |- M. Cat. ii, p. 697 (1856-8). Meniceros bicornis, Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 248; Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 350; King, J; A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 214; Home, P. Z. 8. 1869, p. 241; C. 8f G. Marshall, IS. F. iii, p. 331; Butler, S. F. iii, p. 457 ; V, 5. 218. Ocyceros ginginjanus, Hume, N. ^ E. p. 113 ; Ball, S. F. ii, p. 388. Ocyceros bicornis, Fairbank, S, F. v, p. 394. Lophoceros birostris, Mliot, Mon. Bue. pi. 48. Ocyceros birostris, Davids. ^ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 78; Ball, ibid. p. 205; JSume, Cat. no. 14i; Butler, S. F ix, p. 384; Heid, S. F. x, p. 22; Davids, ibid. p. 296; Barnes, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 61; id. Birds Bom. p. 106; Oafes in \ N. 4" B. 2nd ed. iii, p. 74; Ogihie Grant, Cat. B. M. xvii, p. 394. Uhakotra, Dhanmar, Dhand, Dhanel, Lamdar, H.; SelagilK, H. at Saugor; Puttial dhanes, Beng.; Bundii-mulcala-guwa, Tel.; Muna- mukala-kdka, Irawache, Kg. 45.—Head of i, birostris, \. Coloration. Upper parts light brownish, grey, broad supercilia whitish; ear-coverts and cheeks blackish grey; primary and secondary quills blackish brown, all except the first two primaries tipped with white, the secondaries fringed with grey outside, the middle primaries with part of the outer web white, halfway down at first, but gradually nearer the tip on the inner feathers; tail above browner than back, each feather with a broad subterminal black or blackish-brown band glossed with green and a white tip; below from the chin to the breast grey, then passing into the white of the abdomen. The white tips of the primaries are wanting in immature birds. Bill and casque blackish, the tips and outer edges of both mandibles (not of the casque) white ; ir
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