HORN-BILL. 305 



The bird figured by M. Levaillant has the whole plumage black, 

 with a gloss of blue, except the ends of all the tail feathers, which 

 are white for nearly a quarter of the length. The tail is rounded at 

 the end, and the wings, when closed, reach some inches beyond 

 the base. It is probable that the above differences may constitute 

 the two sexes. 



This bird inhabits Java and Sumatra, as well as several parts of 

 India, and the Philippine Islands. It is called by the Dutch, at 

 Batavia — Dubble-Bek and Rhenoster-Vogel ; by the Javanese — 

 Rangkok and Jongrang. Said to feed on flesh and carrion. It is 

 tamed without much difficulty, and in this state, as well as when at 

 large, will chace rats and mice ; and after pressing them flat with the 

 bill, swallows them whole, first tossing them in the air, and catching 

 them in the mouth ; will also follow the hunters, to partake of the 

 entrails of the beasts which they kill. The flesh is sometimes eaten 

 with boiled rice ; and by some thought good. The natives call it 

 Engang. 



2.— CRESCENT HORN-BILL. 



Buceros Africanus, Ind. Orn. i. p. 143: Gm. Lin. i. 359. Bris. iv. 570. 3. Id. 8vo. ii. 



204. 

 Le Brae, ou Calao d'Afrique, Buf. vii. 154. Labat Afr. occ. iv. 160. 161. Jig. imp. Mus. 



Best. t. 9. No. 7. 

 Calao a Casque en croissant, Levail. Am. fy Ind. i. 35. pi. 13, 

 Rhinoceros bird, 2d Var. Will. Orn. pi. 17. 

 Crescent Horn-bill, Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 7. 

 African Horn-bill, Gen: Syn. i. p. 348. 5. Shaw's Zool. viii. p. .6. 



THE bill of this bird nearly resembles that of the Rhinoceros 

 Horn-bill ; and the top in like manner has an appendage two-thirds 

 the length of the upper mandible, in shape nearly that of a crescent, 

 being hollowed above and convex beneath, where it is united to the 

 bill ; it tends to a blunt point at each end, but more rounded at the 



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