HORNBIL'L. 355 



the colour of it is black, except a longitudinal fpot of yellow on 

 each fide of the upper mandible, juft under the noftrils ; the edges 

 of both are dentated : the plumage on the upper part of the body- 

 is dirty grey, the edges of the feathers whitifh : on each fide of the 

 head is a dirty white ftripe, beginning at the noftrils, and paffing 

 over the eyes to the hind head : the under parts of the body are 

 dirty white : the upper wing coverts are of the fame colour, 

 fpotted with black, the middle of each feather being of that co- 

 lour : the quills are blackifh, with dirty grey edges : the tail is 

 feven inches and a quarter long, and confifts of twelve feathers ; 

 the two middle ones are dirty grey ; thofe on the fides are white 

 half way from the bafe ; the end half blackifh, with the tips 

 white: legs and claws black. 



Le Calao a bee rouge du Senegal, Brif. orn. iv. p. 57;. N° 6. t. 46. f. 2. 10. 



—Pl.enl. 260. Var. A. 



Le Tock, Buf. oif. vii. p. 141. RED-BILLED 



fpHIS is the fize of the laft, but is half an inch Ihorter. The Description. 



bill is partly the fame, but of a red colour : the head and 

 throat dirty white, with the fhafts of the feathers black : on the 

 crown is a longitudinal blackifh ftripe, reaching to the hind 

 head : the neck, breaft, belly, fides, thighs, under wing and tail 

 coverts, dirty white : the hind part of the neck, next the back, 

 ftriped longitudinally with blackifh down the middle of each 

 feather : the back, rump, fcapulars, and upper tail coverts, 

 dirty grey : upper wing coverts blackifh, the middle of each 

 feather dirty white : the prime quills are blackifh ; the feconda- 

 ries grey : the tail is near feven inches long ; the two middle fea- 



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