HORN-BILL. 



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head, neck, back, and wings cinereous grey; from the gape of the bill 

 a broad band of black passes beneath the eye, and a little beyond it ; 

 the breast and belly white; the tail eleven inches long, and cuneiform; 

 the two middle feathers dirty rufous grey, with the ends black ; the 

 others black for three-fourths, then brown, and the tips white ; legs 

 black. 



In Levaillant's figure, a trace of white passes above the eye, but 

 no appearance of the black beneath it ; the two middle tail feathers 

 exceed the others by two inches, and are pointed at the ends ; in other 

 things they do not much differ. 



This species inhabits Gingi, and no doubt in many of the neigh- 

 bouring places. 



9.— INDIAN HORN-BILL. 



SIZE of the last ; total length twenty-two inches. That of the 

 bill from the gape three inches ; depth at the base one inch and 

 a quarter, owing to a small protuberance on the top, which is black, 

 and about one inch long from the forehead ; both mandibles bend 

 downwards, and the edges of both are smooth ; the general colour 

 pale ash, the tip and under part paler; round the eye bare and dusky ; 

 the plumage for the most part is light greenish grey, but from the 

 breast to the vent white ; the head is furnished with a full crest ; the 

 wings darker than the body ; quills black, tipped with white ; tail 

 nine inches long, moderately cuneiform, the feathers dark ash, 

 towards the ends black, the tips, for half an inch, white ; but the 

 two middle ones are ten inches long, of a dark grey throughout, 

 rather pointed at the ends, and exceed the others by nearly two 

 inches; and this excess is darker coloured than the rest; legs blue- 

 grey. 



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