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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. 



TRIBE, Scansores. 

 Toes in pairs ; bill, wings, and tail various. 



FAMILY, Psittacidse. 



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. 



