HORN-BiLL. 329 



whitish stripes ; the plumage on the upper parts of the body is dirty 

 grey, with the edges of the feathers of the back and wings whitish ; 

 and on each side of the head a dirty white stripe, from the nostrils, 

 passing over the eye to the hind head, at which part the feathers 

 are elongated into a sort of crest ; the under parts of the body, from 

 the breast, are dirty white ; quills black, edged with grey ; tail seven 

 inches and a quarter long, rounded at the end, and consists of twelve 

 feathers ; the two middle are dirty grey, the others white half way 

 from the base, the end half blackish, with the tips white ; legs and 

 claws black. 



Iu a young bird the plumage does not differ materially, but the 

 bill instead of black, has the greater part yellowish ; the under parts 

 too, are dirty white ; the tail in the coloured print has the two middle 

 feathers black, the others pale brown, with white ends ; legs brown. 



Inhabits Senegal. 



23— RED-BILLED HORN-BILL. 



Buceros nasutus, /3. Ind.Orn.i. 145. 



Hydrocorax Senegalensis erythrorynchos, Bris. iv. 575. t. 46. f. 2. Id. 8vo. ii. 207. 



Tock, Calao a bee rouge, Bvf. vii. 141. PI. en/. 260. 



Le Toe, Levail. Afr. v. p. 122. pi. 238. 



Crow, Ives Voy. p. 240. 



Senegal Horn-bill, Shaw's ZooL viii. p. 30. 



Red-billed Horn-bill, Gen. Syn.\. 355. 



SIZE of the former, but a trifle shorter ; length not exceeding- 

 twenty inches. The bill partly the same, but red, and less arched ; 

 and the indentures of the mandible less conspicuous ; head and throat 

 dirty white, with the shafts of the feathers black ; on the crown a 

 longitudinal blackish stripe, reaching to the hind head, and the 

 feathers elongated, and tufted, forming a sort of crest ; the rest of 

 the head, neck, and under parts of the body dirty white; back, rump, 



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