THE WAXEN CHATTERER. 83 



Pied hornbill Description. 



The pied hornbill of Malabar is distinguished 

 from the rest of its kind by the breast, bdly, arid 

 part of the wings, being white, the remainder 

 of the body is, like the rest of these animals, 

 black. 



THE WAXEN AND CARUNCULATED 

 CHATTERERS. 



THE waxen or Bohemian chatterer is the 

 size of a large lark, eight inches long. Its head is 

 adorned with a beautiful pointed crest. The up- 

 per parts of the body are of a reddish ash colour; 

 the breast and belly of a pale purplish chesnut ; 

 a black streak passes over each eye ; the chin 

 also and quills are black. Their native country 

 is Bohemia, whence they wander in flocks all 

 over Europe, and were formerly superstitiously 

 considered as a presage of a pestilence. They are 

 seldom seen in the south parts of Britain. 



The carunculated chatterer is a native of 

 Cayenne and Brasil. It is about twelve inches 

 long. The plumage of tbe male is of a pure 

 white, except a tinge of yellow on the rump, 

 quills, and tail. The female has the upper parts 

 of the plumage olive grey, and the lower parts 

 grey, edged with olive. Both have a fleshy ca- 

 runcule at the base of the bill, which projects over 

 it like that of a turkey-cock. Their voice, as is 

 that of all the kind, is so loud and noisy, that 

 L 2 



