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Tliis bird inhabits tlio islands of Sumatra and Java, whore it was disooverod by Professor 

 Iveinwardt, wlioso name it boars. It appears, however, to be a scareo bird ; as the vast 

 eoUections brouf^^ht to England by Sir T. Stamford llafttes and Dr. Ilorsfield did not 



contain a single example. 



THE MAECOHAS.*. 



.Another group of the order now under consideration is constituted of the ^lalcohas. 

 Tliose feathered creatvires appear, as j'ot, to be almost exclusively contiued to India and 

 the adjacent islands. The generic characters consist iu the bill being stout, longer than 

 the head, and generally curved at the base ; and in the sid(> of the head, for a large space 

 round tlie eye, being destitute of feathers, and exhibiting a naked granulated skin. The 

 wings are short ; the tail is long and graduated. 



THK RED-HEABEI) .MAI.COlIA.f 



The island of Ceylon, so famous for its profuse vegetation, especially for its aromatic 

 trees, and no less so for its animals of various kinds, among which the pearl-bearing 

 oyster is peculiarly conspicuous, is the habitat of the Red-headed Malcoha. This bird is 

 about sixteen inches in length ; the general plumage above is shining greenish-black ; 

 the tail is tipped with white and very, graduated ; the under surface is white ; the large 

 naked space round the edges is orange-red, bordered along its under margin with a I'im 

 of white. It frequents the deo]) woods, and is said to live chiefly on fruits. But of its 

 habits, as of those of the rest of the group, naturalists have at present much to learn. 



* PlKrnioophaiLS. — Vieill. t Phocnicopliaus pynlioecphalus. 



