620 BIRDS. PIES. Hornbill. 



to this bird by Mr Latham ; we are not informed at all of its manners, either by him or the editor 

 of Governor Phillips's voyage, but, from the meaning of the name, fuppofe that its voice is harfh, 

 noify, and importunate ; perhaps it might be named Scolder in Englilh. — T. 



IX. HORNBI L L.— 7. BUCER OS. 47. 



The bill is large, convex, bent downwards, fharp edged, moft- 

 ly jagged or ferrated outwardly, and having a large horny 

 protuberance on the upper mandible at its bafe, or on the 

 forehead : The noflrils are placed behind the bafe of the 

 bill: The tongue is Ihort and fharp pointed: The feet are 

 formed for walking, having three toes forwards and one 

 back toe. 



This genus, with the Toucan, Motmot, and Scythrops, have all Angularly difproportioned bills, 

 the ufe of which is not apparent ; the Hornbill inhabits the fame climates and the fame kind of 

 places in the old world that are occupied in the new by the Toucan, and fo far as can be learned 

 their modes of life are very fimilar. 



$66 1. Philippine Hornbill. — 1. Buceros bicornis. 1. 



The horny protuberance Is flat, and divided at its fore part into two horns ; the bill Is 

 reddifh. Amoen. ac. iv. 237. 



. B. bicornis. Lath. ind. orn. i. 142. n. 3. — Hydrocorax philippenfis. Briffi av. iv. 568. n. 2. — 

 Rhinoceros avis prima. Will. orn. t. 17. f. 1. — Calao. Pet. gaz. 43. t. 28. f. 6. and t. 31. L i„ 

 Edw. av. ii. t. 281. f. d. — Philippine Hornbill. Lath. fyn. i. 345. n, 3. 



Inhabits the Philippine iflands. — Is about the fize of a common Hen : The bill is reddifh, being 

 black at the bafe of the lower mandible, and meafures nine inches long ; the upper parts of the body 

 are black, and the under parts white ; the wing quills have each a white fpot ; the tail is longifh, its 

 ten middle quills being black, and the four outer quills on each fide white ; the legs and feet are 

 greenifh. 



567 /3. Red-billed Philippine Hornbill. — 1. /3. B. bicornis erythrorhynchos.. 



The bill is vermilion red. Lath. ind. orn. i. 143. n. 3. a. 



Calao, or Cayao. Phil. tranfi xxiii. 1394. Lath. fyn. i. 345. n. 3. A. 



Inhabits with the former. — The belly in this variety is black ; the back and rump are brown-afh ;; 

 the head and neck are reddifh, and the irides are white. 



This bird is worfhipped by the Indians ; its voice refembles the grunt of a Sow, and the bellowing 



of a Calf ; it lives much on fruits, which are fwallowed whole, and, when the pulp is digefted, the 



ftones are caft up unhurt. The fize of the fecond variety is not mentioned. 



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