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I found several other nests, all very much alike both as re- 

 gards construction and situation ; in fact, the above is a typical 

 description ; but I may add that in every case the tree to 

 Avhich the nest was suspended grew either in or on the edge 

 of a swamp. 



The sexes do not differ in plumage ; and apparently there is 

 very little, if any, seasonal change. A female, which I dis- 

 sected, had been feeding on berries. 



EucEROs iiHiNocEuos, Liuu. The Great jNIalay Hornbill. 



Fairly plentiful in the jungles of the interior, more espe- 

 cially in those parts where the trees are of great size. 



I obtained it near Kwala Kangsar, Perak, and on several 

 occasions saAv it high up among the enormous forest trees of 

 the Gapis Pass, a most magnificent piece of tropical scenery, 

 through which one had to travel on one's way from Perak to 

 Larut and the sea-coast. 



I first came across these Hornbills within a mile or two of 

 Kwala Kangsar : in my notes is : — 



''28th January, 1877. Towards nightfall I hid myself in the 

 jungle, near where I saw the boar last night, hoping he would 

 revisit the pool ; but he did not come, though I waited till 

 after dark, and was much bothered by ants and mosquitoes. 



While waiting, a flock of Hornbills, of the large Hhino- 

 ceros-horned species, flew overhead. Their flight was strong 

 and exceedingly noisy, every flap of their wings making a 

 most peculiar sound, audible at a great distance j it Avas very 

 like the shish ! shish ! shish ! with which a railway -train 

 starts ; the birds flew in a V formation, not unlike, but more 

 irregularly than, geese.'' 



An ofiicer of my regiment shot one of these Hornbills in 

 the camp at Banda Bahru, near the mouth of the Perak 

 river; it was sitting on the fork of a tree, eating fruit of 

 some kind, but rose on being approached. ' It is not rare in 

 Malaccan collections, and, I am told, is often seen among 

 the high trees on Penang hill ; it can at once be distin- 

 guished from the other Bucerotidse by the enormous red and 

 yellow horn attached to the upper surface of its beak. From 



