BIRDS. PIES'. Hornbill. 623 



Will. orn. angl. 127. t. 17. Edw. glean, t. 281. f. b. — Rhinoceros Hornbill. Lath. fyn. i. 342. n. 

 1. fup. 69. — Great Hornbill, or Rhinoceros bird. Nat. mifc. N°. xiv. t. 41. 



Inhabits India, Java, Sumatra, and the Philippine ifles. — This fpecies, which meafures three feet 

 long, and is about the lize of a Turkey, preys on rats, mice, and carrion, having a moft voracious ap- 

 petite, and is faid to follow the hunters on purpofe to feed on the offal and inteftines of their game ; 

 The bill is whitifh yellow, and meafures ten inches long, the bafe of the upper mandible and upper 

 furface of the horn or protuberance being red ; the horn is eight inches long, its under furface is of 

 the fame colour with the bill, and its upper furface is marked with a longitudinal black line ; the bo- 

 dy is black, its under and pofterior parts being dirty white ; the tail is twelve inches long, of a dirty 

 white colour with a broad black bar near the end ; the under tail coverts are black and white ; the 

 legs, feet, and claws, are dufky grey. 



57J 7. Helmet Hornbill. — y. Buceros galeatus, 8. 



Has a ftraightifh bill, the protuberance being almofl: fquare, its fore part flat and hinder 

 part rounded. 



B. galeatus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 142. n. 2. — Calao a cafque rond. Buff. oif. vii. 159. PI. enl. nv 

 933. — Semenda. Aldr. orn. i. 833. — Helmet Hornbill. Edw. glean, t. 281. c. Lath. fyn. i. 343- 

 n. 2. 



Inhabits Afia. — The bill is eight inches long, and of a conical form, being moftly red ; the protu- 

 berance rifes to a great height : It would appear that hitherto only the bill and head of this fpecies 

 have been feen by naturaliils ; in the fpecimen pofTefTed by Mr Latham the bill is furrounded with 

 black feathers at its bafe. Buffon fuppofes that this fhould be among the largeft of the genus, from 

 the lize of the head and bill; in the fpecimen belonging to the French royal cabinet the colour of the. 

 bill is a tarnilhed brownifh red, while that delineated by Mr Edwards is vermilion red- 



576 8. Panayan Hornbill. — 8. Buceros panayenfis. 9. 



The protuberance is fharp edged above, and flattened laterally; the body is greenift 

 black above, and reddiih brown underneath. 



B. panayenfis. Lath- ind. orn. i. 144. n. 8. — Calao eifele. Sonner. it. 122. t. 82. 83. — Calao de 

 Panay. Buff. oif. vii. 145. PI. enl. n. 780. 781. — Panayan Hornbill. Lath. fyn. i. 353. n. 8. 



Inhabits the ifland of Panay in India. — Is about the fize of a Raven : The bill is very long, much, 

 arched, ferrated or toothed at the edges, fharp pointed, and coinprefTed laterally; it is tranfverfely 

 wrinkled, and longitudinally furrowed for two- thirds of its length, the furrows being orange colour- 

 ed, and the intermediate projections brown ; the orbks are brown and naked, and the eyelids have 

 ftiff briftly eyelafhes ; the irldes are whitifh : In the male the head, neck, back, and wings are green- 

 ifh black ; in the female the head and neck are white, except a large triangular greenifli black fpot, 

 on each fide, extending from the bafe of the bill to beyond and below the eye : In both the upper- 

 part of the breaft is bright brown-red, the belly, ventlet, and thighs, being dark brown-red ; the tail. 

 has ten quill feathers which are reddifh yellow from the bafe to beyond the middle, the extreme 

 third of their length being black ; the legs and feet are lead coloured. 



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