B2 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Rhinoceros hornbill Helmit hornbill. 



hen is of a paler, or more cinerous colour than 

 the cock. 



THE HORNBILL. 



IT is said there are eleven species of the horn- 

 bill ; it is nearly allied to the toucan, and indeed 

 seems to hold the same place in the warm cli- 

 mates of the old continent, as the toucan does in 

 the new. The distinguishing characteristic of 

 this genus is an immense bending bill, with fre- 

 quently a large protuberance in the upper part 

 of it, resembling an additional bill. 



The rhinoceros hornbill, or rhinoceros bird, 

 is nearly as large as a turkey ; the bill is ten 

 inches long, and two and a half thick at the base. 

 On the upper part is an appendage as large as 

 the bill itself, and turning upwards, which mea- 

 sures eight inches in height. There is nothing 

 else remarkable in the bird, as the general colour 

 of the plumage is black. This bird is found in 

 most parts of the East Indies, where, like the 

 raven, it feeds upon carrion. 



The helmit hornbill is remarkable for having 

 the same prominence of a conical form ; and in 

 the Philippine isles there is a species, the horn 

 of which reaches backwards beyond the eyes, 

 ending in two angular points, which produce the 

 effect of a bird with two horns. 



