HORN BILLS 



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white ; the throat, chest and sides of body dark grey and 

 rest of under parts white. Bill and casque red with a 

 yellow band at the base. Length, 21 to 23 inches. 



Fig. 97. — Nest hole of Crowned Hornbill. 



(To show plastering up of entrance, with slit left through which 



to feed imprisoned female.) 



The best known " up-country " species is the Eed-billed 

 Hornbill (L. eryihrorynchus), which has a grey head and is 

 dark brown above, with the wing feathers spotted with white 

 and the under parts white. It can easily be distinguished 



