HORNBILLS 



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friends of the farmer, although the good they do undoubtedly 

 outweighs the harm. 



The nidification of this bird is already a time-worn theme, 



Fig. 100. — Crowned Hornbill at nest hole. 



but we cannot refrain from giving the somewhat sad history 

 of the picture illustrating the species in this work. 



Early one morning, when we were ready to take a photo- 

 graph at a nest-hole which had been discovered, containing 

 young, we could not see the parent birds about, which was 

 strange, as we knew for certain that they had young ones. 



