302. CRANIORRHINUS WALDENI Sharpe.
WALDEN’S HORNBILL.
- Craniorrhinus waldeni Sharpe, Trans. Linn. Soc. (1877), 1, 322.
- Cranorrhinus waldeni Grant, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. (1892), 17, 380; Sharpe, Hand-List (1900), 2, 65; McGregor and Worcester, Hand-List (1906), 56.
Guimaras (Steere Exp.); Negros (Steere Exp., Keay, Whitehead); Panay (Steere, Steere Exp., Bourns & Worcester).
“Adult male.—Head, neck, and chest dark chestnut, the feathers next the naked parts of the face and throat inclining to buff; tail white (stained rufous), the basal third and the tips of the feathers black; rest of the plumage black, the upper parts glossed with dark green; naked skin round the eye and on the throat yellow; iris red; legs and feet black; bill and casque red, except toward the end; base of the lower mandible covered by a plate with dark-colored oblique grooves; casque transversely folded. Length, 724; wing, 345; tail, 254; tarsus, 51.
“Adult female.—Differs from the male in having all the plumage of the head and neck black, and the casque without transverse folds; naked skin appears to have been black mixed with yellow. Length, 673; wing, 310; tail, 218; tarsus, 48.” (Grant.)
“Hornbills, almost certainly of this species, were seen by the Steere expedition in Negros, but no specimens were obtained.” (Bourns and Worcester MS.)
Suborder MEROPES.
Family MEROPIDÆ.
Bill long, slender, pointed, and gently curved downward for its entire length; a well-defined ridge on culmen; tarsi short and unfeathered; fourth and third toes united to last joint; second toe united to middle toe for basal joint only; eggs white, deposited in holes in sandy ground, the birds usually nesting in colonies.