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substance continued to exude from the brush long after my prepared specimen was dry. The 

 Garuda, as this species is also called, is sacred to Vishnu among the inhabitants of the forests." 



THE DJOLAN, OR YEAR BIRD. 

 The DjOLAN, or Year Bird {Rhytkeros plkatus), represents a group principally characterised by 





THE DJOLAN, OR YEAR BIRD {RhyticcrOS flicaUl-S). 



a wrinkled excrescence situated on tlie upper mandible. The wings are of medium size, and the feet 

 short and powerful ; the tail is rounded at its extremity. The plumage of the Year Bird is principally 

 black ; the top of the head is brownish yellow, and the tail wliite ; the eye is browniish red, the beak 

 light horn-grey, and the foot blackish grey. The bare skin upon the throat is pale yellow in the male, 

 and dull blue in the female. In other respects the latter resembles her mate. The young are without 

 the excrescence on the beak, whicla only develops after they are full grown. The name of Year Bird 

 is derived, as we are told, from an idea formerly prevalent that a fresh ^vrinkle was annually added to 

 the remarkable skin-like growth on the upper mandible. 

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