124 ox THE DHAXE'SA, 



hides reddish brown ; from the beak to the ear-fea- 

 thers, and round the eye, bare; this part is black j 

 legs and feet black, marked with dirty white at the 

 joints ; claws large and strong ; length two feet five 

 inches, from the tip of the beak to the tip of the tail ; 

 extent two feet four inches. 



The last of these birds is to be met with in almost 

 every part of the country, more particularly where there 

 are jungles. I have seen a variety of them z&Burragmg 

 in Sircar Sarim, where, instead of the horn, they 

 had a large knob at the base of the beak, very much 

 resembling that of a wild goose. The one I have 

 attempted to give a description of, was brought to me 

 at M'ubiapore, in which province, and the extending 

 hilly country, they abound. I have seen them in the 

 vicinity of Sheergolty. 



The Bcvgma Dimnase chiefly inhabits the western 

 range of hills, extending from Keelgur through A/b- 

 hurbunge, Midnapore> Rarugur, Rotas, towards Bid- 

 %igur. In Ramgur, I have been informed by an in 

 telligent person, they are to be seen in abundance. He 

 told me that he had seen crouds of them on the PcepuU 

 trees, the berry of which they feed upon at times. 

 Their note, or voice, in concert, has a strong resemb- 

 lance ro the mournful cries of monkies, for which this 

 person, deceived by the sound, at first took them. 

 The place where I met with them, was at MiJnapore, 

 in the jungles adjacent to which they are to be found 

 from the month of November to the month of March 

 only ; at which time they retire to the hills to breed. 

 I should have been highly pleased could my curiosity 



have 



