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white, and with an oblique white line on their outer edge; a pale 
line over-the eyes, extending along the sides of the head; the two 
centre tail feathers dusky bluish-grey, the rest dusky blackish-grey, 
broadly tipped with white, except the pair next the centrals ; 
beneath light dusky-grey, the feathers centred paler; rufescent 
on the lower abdomen, outer thigh-feathers, and under tail- 
coverts. 
A specimen in Mr. Hume’s possession, obtained from Travancore 
does not correspond over well with Dr. Jerdon’s description. I 
therefore quote Mr. Hume’s description in full :—“ The forehead 
is greyish-white; a broad superciliary stripe from the nostrils 
over the eyes extending some distance back, a slightly brownish- 
white; the feathers of the crown ‘and occiput slaty-grey, the 
latter conspicuously elongated and with greyish-white shaft- 
stripes ; faint greyish-white tippings to most of the feathers of 
the crown; the ear-coverts dark brown paler shafted; feathers 
of the chin whitish; entire throat and sides of the neck grey; 
the feathers pale, almost white shafted; the whole of the 
plumage of these parts is dull, as is also that of the lower parts, 
but all the rest of the upper parts is well glossed; the entire 
back, rump, upper tail-coverts, scapulars, and wing-coverts, dark 
greyish-dusky, with a faint greenish reflection on it; the coverts 
have mostly the faintest possible pale edges, and the shafts of 
many of the feathers have in certain lights a scarcely perceptible 
line on either side of them; the quills and tail-feathers are black, 
with a greenish lustre on them, very conspicuous on the secondaries 
and tail-feathers except the central pair; the third to the eighth 
primary inclusive broadly tipped with pure white on both webs, 
the ninth similarly tipped but on the inner web only. 
All the tail-feathers but the central pair broadly tipped with 
white; breast, flanks, sides, and upper abdomen, greyish-white 
to white ; vent and lower tail-coverts white, tinged with fulvous 
or dingy pale rufescent. 
The Jungle Grey Hornbill is a permanent resident and occurs 
sparingly all along the Sahyadri range. It does not occur in 
any other portion of our limits. 
Trize, Scansores. 
Toes in pairs; bill, wings, and tail various. 
Famity, Psittacidee. 
Bill short, thick, strong; upper mandible much curved and 
hooked (sometimes toothed or notched), overhanging the lower 
one, and with an acute tip; lower mandible short, obtuse; base 
of bill covered with a cere, in which the round and small nostrils 
are pierced near the culmen; wings usually moderate or long, 
the second quill generally the longest ; tail various; tarsi short, 
stout, covered with small tubercle-like scales; toes in pairs ; 
claws well curved. 
