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head. These were huge black hornbills. Merely fleet- 

 ing and momentary were the glimpses we could get w^ith 

 a spyglass ; but, such as these were (and the idea was 

 confirmed by those clarion notes), we concluded that 

 these w^ere the great trumpeter hornbill [Bycanistes 



A HOEXBILL OF SOTIK. 



huccinator), whose portrait is roughly portrayed opposite. 

 Whatever they were, these hornbills were numerous 

 enough in the dense forest. A few days later, in some 

 rather more open country towards Sotik, we enjoyed 

 a better view of quite another hornbill, which sat on 

 a dry branch plunged in reverie. In this case the 

 " casque " w^as not a semi-separated superstructure, so 



