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confinement; tlie male plasters up tlie entrance, 

 leaving only a narrow slit by whicli to feed his mate, 

 and Avhicli exactly suits tlie form of Ms beak. The 

 female makes a nest of her OAvn feathers, lays her 

 eggs, hatches them, and remains with the young till 

 they are fully fledged. During- all this time, which 

 is stated to be two or three months, the male con- 

 tinues to feed her and the young family. The 

 prisoner generally becomes fat, and is esteemed a 

 very dainty morsel by the natives, while the poor 

 slave of a husband gets so lean, that on the sudden 

 lowering of the temperature which sometimes 

 happens after a fall of rain, he is benumbed, falls 

 down, and dies." 



The t^'pe of this sub -family is — 



The Crested Hornhill (Buceros coronatus), delineated 

 in the figure given above. 



