Indian Birds 



A large brownish-grey bird, darkest on the 

 sides of the head and palest on the lower parts. 

 The bill, which has a small casque or ex- 

 crescence on top, is blackish and 4 inches long. 

 It is a tree-haunting species. Its cry is very 

 characteristic. Its flight is laboured, consisting 

 of " alternate flappings and sailings," like that 

 of the tree-pie. 



This species is common in Oudh. Blanford 

 states that it is wanting in the Punjab. This is 

 not correct, as I have seen it in Lahore. I have 

 not observed it in the vicinity of Madras. 

 Eha does not mention it in his common 

 Birds of Bo?fibay, nor does it appear to be found 

 in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. 



122. Lophoceros griseus : The Malabar Grey 

 Hornbill. (F. 1063), (J. 145), (IV, but with 

 tail 9 inches long.) 



This is very like 121, but it lacks the casque. 

 It is the common hornbill of the West Coast. 



7 he Hoopoes, 123 



Hoopoes are ground-feeding birds, charac- 

 terised by their long slightly curved bill and 

 conspicuous crest, which ordinarily projects 

 from the back of the head and looks like a 

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