140 CUEIOUS HOMES AND THEIR TENANTS. 



WALLED UP. 



STRANGE HABITS OF A RARE BIRD. 



There are now on exhibition at the Zoological 

 Gardens in London several very rare birds, among 

 the most curious of which is the hornbill, a genus 

 about which little is known. The systematic study 



Hornbill feedino^ mute. 



of these specimens by naturalists has developed traits 

 new to those who have had the rare opportunity of 



