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Le Calao de Malabar, Buf. oif. vii. p. 149. pi. 8. PL enl. 873 ? PIED 



Beaks of curious Birds, Ediu. pi. 281. f. D. H. 



p L . xr. 



HPHE length of this fpecies is two feet fix inches: in fize a Descriptj 



trifle bigger than a Crow. From the angles of the mouth to 

 the point of the bill five inches : both mandibles curve down- 

 wards the whole length, and are pointed at the ends ; on the 

 upper is placed a gibbofity four inches and a half in length, 

 rounded on the top, and, reaching two thirds of the length of the 

 bill, tends to a fharp edge in front ; this appendage paffes back- 

 wards beyond the eyes, at which part it is blunt, and fornewhat 

 projecting ; the fore part of it is black, which colour pafles ob- 

 liquely downwards, and backwards quite to the part where it 

 joins the true bill, a little part of which is black alfo ■, the bafe 

 and edges of both mandibles likewife are black ; and near the 

 bafe, between the appendage and bill, are placed the noftrils ; the 

 colour of the middle part, as well as the bill, is of a dirty yellow- 

 ifh white : the eyes furrounded with a bare fkin, of a faded dirty 

 yellow : on the upper eye-lid are ten or more fluff black briftles, 

 full half an inch in length : the general colour of the plumage is 

 black, but in fome parts the feathers incline to green on the mar- 

 gins : the lower part of the breaft, belly, vent, and thighs, are 

 white: the firft quill is black, pointed, and fhorter than the 

 others ; the reft: are black alfo, but the ends for an inch and a 

 half are white, except three or four next the body, which are 

 wholly black : the tail confifts of ten feathers ; the two middle 

 ones are black ; the others are the fame, with the ends for an inch 

 ■ and a half white : the legs are very fhort, being, from the knee to 

 the end ^f the middle claw, little more than four inches: the 

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