tZ2 ON THE DHANE'SA, 



two middle feathers black, longer than the rest, 

 which are white, four on each side ; crested, close ; 

 the feathers extending a little way down the neck ; 

 eye, speculum black, irides reddish brown ; the 

 cheek immediately round the eye, and extending 

 from the beak to the ear, devoid of feathers, con- 

 sisting of a shrivelled skin, which is nearly black ; 

 ear-feathers about an inch long, extending partly 

 across the head ; tongue short, formed like a dart, 

 with the ears of the barb raised above the shaft ; near 

 the epiglottis it swells to the size of a small nutmeg, 

 which part is perforated ; when the mouth is open, 

 a black and brown knob appears below the upper 

 mandible, rising from its base to an inch be- 

 yond its apparent junction with the head ; legs and 

 feet black, tinged with brown and dirty white; 

 claws large and strong, three in front, and one be- 

 hind ; length, upon an average, from the forehead to 

 the tip of the tail, two feet eight inches ; extent, 

 three feet two inches. 



White-horned Bccgma Dunnase^ agreeing with 

 the former in description, except in the following par- 

 ticulars: the horn in these is generally smaller, and 

 blunter at the point, and at the base it is soft, con- 

 sisting of a membraneous substance; the ground white, 

 marked with crimson ; the skin, which covers the 

 base of the lower mandible, is very differently shaped, 

 and is much stained with crimson ; only a small spot of 

 black upon the upper mandible, where it joins thehead, 

 which junction is soft ; eye black, the skin round the 



eye 



