BIRDS. PIES. Hornbill. 621 



568 2. Abyfiinian Hornbill. — 2. Buceros abyjfinicus. 5. 



Is black : The horny protuberance has a flattened femicircular furface ; the orbits, 

 cheeks, temples, chin, and upper part of the throat, are covered with naked warty 

 flefh, of a light blue colour, growing red when irritated, 



B. abyflinicus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 143. n. 4. — Calao d'Abyflinie. Buff. oif. vii. 155. PI. enl. n, 

 ■779. — Abyfiinian Hornbill. Lath. fyn. i. 347. n. 4 — Erkoom, Abba-gumba, Teir-el-naciba. Bruce, 

 AbyfT. v. t. p. 169. 



Inhabits Abyffinia and Sennaar. — Is three feet ten inches long: The bill is black, with white edges; 

 the protuberance at its bafe is of the fame colour, its upper furface being femicircularly flattened, and 

 fomewhat projecting at the edges ; about the bafe of the upper mandible, on each fide, is a tuft of 

 briftly hairs ; the naked flelh about the face and neck refembles that of a Turkey cock, like that too 

 it is light blue and flaccid at times, and grows red and tumid when the animal is irritated, or when 

 attending his female in the breeding feafon ; the general colour of the plumage is footy black, the 

 outer wing quills being white. This bird was firft obferved by the celebrated Abyfiinian traveller 

 Mr Bruce; it runs much on the ground, but when raifed flies ftrongly and to a considerable diftance; 

 it lives chiefly on green beetles which infeft the Teff plant, a fpecies of bread corn cultivated in that 

 country ; it builds in large bufhy trees, generally near churches, and has numerous broods, as far as 

 eighteen ; it has a putrid or rank fmell, which has led fome miftakenly to believe that it preys on, 

 carrion and dead bodies. 



,569 3. African Hornbill. — 3, Buceros africanus. 6. 



Is black : The protuberance is ftraightifli and pointed. 



B. africanus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 143. n. 5. — Hydrocorax africanus. BrifT. av. iv. 570. n. 3. — Rhi- 

 noceros avis fecunda. Will. orn. t. 17. Muf. befler. t. 9. n. 7. — Brae, Calao d'Afrique. Buff. oif. 

 vii. 154. — Oifeau trompette, Trompette de Brae. Labat, voy. iv. 160. t. p. 161. 



Inhabits Africa. — Is about the fize of a Turkey: The bill is partly red and partly yellow, the edges, 

 of the mandibles being black ; the general colour is black, and the head is flightly crefied. 



570 4. Malabar Hornbill. — 4. Buceros malabaricus. 7. 



Is black above, and white underneath : The protuberance is rounded above, fharp 

 edged forwards, and the hinder part reaches to the crown of the head, behind the 

 eyes. 



B. malabaricus. Lath. ind. orn..i. 143. n. 6. — Calao de Malabar. Buff. oiLvii. 149. t. 8. PL. 

 enl. n. 873 ? Edw. glean, t. 281. f. d. — Pied Hornbill. Lath. fyn. i. 349. n. 6. t. 11. 



Inhabits India. — Is two feet and a half long, fometimes three feet ;, in confinement- at Paris this 

 bird eat raw flefh, rats, and fmall birds: The bill is dirty yellowifh white, and the greater part of the 

 protuberance or falfe bill, which is extremely thin, is black ; the head has a pendant creft behind, 

 and at the bafe of the under mandible fome plaits of naked white fkin ; the upper parts of the body, 

 the head, neck, and fore part of the breaft are black with a flight violet and greenifh tinge ; the un- 

 der parts are dirty white ; fome of the wing coverts have irregular brown edges ; the outer quill 



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