318 HORN-BILL. 



belly, thighs, and vent white ; the feathers of the hind head long, 

 and hang over the neck ; tail seven inches long, cuneiform, the two 

 middle feathers wholly black, the others black, with white ends ; 

 legs brown. 



Inhabits India. The size is uncertain ; in the drawing from 



whence this description is taken, the length is eighteen inches only ; 

 but another, among the drawings of Gen. Hardwicke, was said to be 

 twenty-six inches in length, and extent of the wing thirty-four. 



II —GREY HORN-BILL. 



Buceros griseus, Ind. Orn. i. 147. 



Grey Horn-bill, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 72. Share's Zool. viii. p. 40. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill yellow, at the base a spot of black, round 

 which, and at the corners of the eyes, are tufts of hairs; behind the 

 eye a naked blue skin ; on the upper part of the bill a process, which 

 slopes on the fore part, is abrupt behind, and only reaches the 

 forehead ; crown of the head black ; the rest of the head, neck, 

 breast, and back grey ; wings partly grey, partly black ; ends of 

 the quills white ; tail long, the middle feathers black, the lower part 

 of the side ones the same, the rest of the length white. 



Inhabits India. — Communicated by the late Mr. Pennant. 



12.— GREEN-WINGED HORN-BILL. 



Buceros viridis, Ind. Orn. i. 147. 



Le Calao violet, Levail. Am. et Ind. i. p. 53. pi. 19. 



Violaceous Horn-bill, Shaw's Zool. viii. p. 19. 



Green-winged Horn-bill, Gen. Syn. Sup. p. 73. Shatv's Zool. viii. p: 40. 



SIZE between the Unicorn and White-billed Species. The bill 

 is five inches long, and curved, two inches thick at the base, 

 somewhat blunt at the point; the helmet-like appendage stands two 



