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Parrot. 



Cockatoo. 



HORNEIIL. 



EASTERN HI N D O O S T A N. 



backward : the color is univerfally black ; inhabits moft parts 

 of India : thofe of Malabar are of the fize of a thruih ; thofe 

 gI Bengali large as a jackdaw ; fly heavily, and feen only in the 

 evenings. 



The Gingi Parrot, P/. Bnl. N' 239, takes its name from the 

 adjoining diftrtdt. It has a long cuneiform tail : the reigning 

 color is green ; lefler coverts, dull red. 



As I have mentioned very few birds on the weftern fide of 

 the Indoojlan continent, I fliall intermix the moil: curious fpecies 

 with thofe of the Coromandel fide. 



A MOST elegant fpecies of Cockatoo, white, with the under 

 fide of the creft crimfon, and of the fize of a raven, begins to 

 make its appearance about Guzerat, and is faid to inhabit 

 many parts of India. They are common, according to Man^ 

 deljloe, Book i. p. 34, in the forefts and beautiful avenues of 

 coco-trees about A?}iedabad, which are quite animated with 

 monkies and parrots of various kinds. Thefe are called Kaka- 

 iuas, from their note ; are very familiar, eafily tamed, and 

 taught to fpeak : they breed in great numbers in even the 

 cities of India ; the buildings of which are frequently fo inter- 

 mixed with trees, that the traveller fcarcely difcovers the ftreets 

 till he has got into them. The Cockatoos are fo domefticated, 

 as to make their nefts under the eaves of the houfes undif- 

 turbed by the haunt of men ; they are not confined to the con- 

 tinent, but extend as far as Amboina. 



The Hornbill of Gingi, Sonnerat, ii. tab. cxx. has the accef- 

 fory bill incurvated like tile lower, and fliarp pointed. It is 

 faid to feed on rice and fruits. 



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