250 BIRDS or INDIA. 



145. Tockus gingalensis, Shaw. 



Buceros, apud Shaw. — Levaill, Ois. Ear. pi. 32 — Griffith 

 Cuvier, Vol. VII, pi. at p. 435 — Jerdon, Cat. 199 — Blyth, Cat. 

 184 — B. pyrrhopygus, Wagler — Kaldal-haki, Can. — Chalotra, H. 



The Jungle Grey Hornbill. 



Descr. — Head above, and back, dark cinereous-bro^vn, with a cast 

 of bluish-grey ; the greater coverts, secondaries, and primaries, all 

 narrowly edged with whitish, and the latter broadly tipped with 

 white, and with an oblique white line on their outer edge ; a pale 

 line over the eyes, extending along the sides of the head ; the two 

 centre tail-feathers dusky bluish-grey, the rest dusky blackish- 

 grey, broadly tipped with white, except the pair next the centrals ; 

 beneath, light dusky grey, the feathers centred paler ; rufescent 

 on the lower abdomen, outer thigh-feathers, and under tail 

 coverts. 



Bill dingy deep yellow ; irides red-broAvn ; feet dark grey. 



Length 22 inches ; wing 8;^ ; tail 8i ; bill straight to gape 4^ ; 

 breadth at base 1^% ; weight 14 oz. 



The Jungle Grey Hornbill is found in the forests of Malabar 

 and Ceylon. I have seen it nowhere else than in Malabar, and it is 

 perhaps most abundant in the extreme south, in Travancore, and 

 in Ceylon. Its food consists of fruit of various kinds. It is rather a 

 shy bird ; is found singly, or in pairs, occasionally in small parties ; 

 has a harsh call like the others ; and is said to breed in the 

 same way. 



There are severaK nearly allied) African species of this genus. 



Gen. ACEROS, Hodgson. 



Char. — Bill without a casque, with the culm en slightly 

 elevated at the base, and with some transverse ridges on the sides 

 of the upper mandible : of large size : sexes differing in plumage ; 

 tail white ; naked skin of throat and face highly coloured. 



146. Aceros nipalensis, Hodgson. 



As. Res. XVIII, 176, with figure of female — Blyth, Cat. 189 

 — HORSF., Cat. 884— J. A. S. 1847, pi. XXIV., fig. of male. 



