ifO THE FOOD OP filRDS Itf 



the only food in the wild state of this, as of most other, Indian 

 Hornbills. Jerd. B. I., I, 244. It is also said to eat plantains, 

 banyan, wild fig, lizards, mice, scorpions ; and kills and eats 

 snakes ; ripe berries and fruit. Ripe berries and fruits ; snakes. 

 Bombay Gaz., dutch. Vol. X, p. 65. 



1052. Anthracoceros coronatus. Malabar Pied Hornbill. Fruit 

 and berries, especially kuchla (Strychnos nux-vomica). ' Banian 



and other figs" White notices that one he examined had 



eaten an egg. Jerd. B. I., I, 246. 



1053. A. albirostris. Indo-Burmese Pied Hornbill. Chiefly 

 fruit and berries : also noticed by Mr. Inglis to catch and eat fish. 

 "Very fond of snakes (Ramsay)." F. I., Ill, 146. Lizards, 

 small fish : feeds much on the ground both on fallen forest fruit and 

 also on any odd animal food it can pick up. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 

 966. Ficus fruit. A. S. B., LXIX, 129. 



1054. Rhytidoceros undulatus. Malayan Wreathed Hornbill. 

 Entirely on fruit (almost). F. I., Ill, 147. 



1055. R. subruficollis. Blythes Wreathed Hornbill. Entirely 

 on fruit. B. N. H. S. J., XVII, 966. 



1056. R. tiarcondami. Narcondam Hornbill. Figs exclu- 

 sively. B. N. H. S. J., XVI, 620. 



1057. Aceros nepalensis. Rufous-necked Hornbill. Food 

 similar to other hornbills. F. I., Ill, 150. Fruit of various kinds 

 and in captivity meat (raw or dressed), fruit, rice made into balls 

 with ghee, &c. Jerd. B. I., I, 251. 



1060. Ptilolcemus austeni. Godwin- Austen's Hornbill. Be- 

 sides fruit, mantids, blattae and locusts. F. I., Ill, 153. 



1061. Berenicornis comatus. Long-crested Hornbill. Often 

 feeding on ground and eating lizards, &c., as well as fruit. F. I., 

 Ill, 154. 



1062. Lopkoceros birostris. Common Grey Hornbill. Chiefly 

 fruit but occasionally insects. F. I., Ill, 156. Chiefly fruit 

 especially figs of banian, pipal and other fig trees, sometimes 



