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the sight of food. At this time it stretches out its long thinly- 
feathered neck, and shakes its ungainly head from side to side 
in the most ridiculous manner, as if it were saying ‘no! no! no! no!’ 
which it certainly does not mean; for a greater Cormorant I never 
came across; plantains, potatoes, oranges, rice, fish, all are eagerly 
swallowed; in fact it is hard to say what it will refuse. This 
afternoon it bolted a dead Lark, feathers and all, and even then 
was not satisfied. First holding its food near the tip of its great beak, 
it turns the plantain, or whatever else it may have, over and over 
several times; finally, getting it lengthwise, it tosses it into the 
air, catches it in its enormous mouth, and, with a tremendous 
gulp, bolts the dainty morsel entire, though occasionally, when 
something unusually tough and indigestible has been swallowed, 
and the bird apparently feels slightly uncomfortable inside, the 
offending morsel is reproduced with a croak of satisfaction, and 
the tossing and catching performance is again gone through.” 
This Hornbill became exceedingly tame, and allowed me to 
carry it about perched on my hand; but its incessant hoots and 
occasional unearthly shrieks so irritated my neighbours, that, after 
putting up for some days with wnat I must allow was rather a 
nuisance, they insisted on the bird’s removal to the outhouse, in 
which our Chinese servants lived. This removal, I believe, sealed 
its fate ; for two days afterwards I found it dying on the ground, 
apparently from a blow, doubtless administered by one of the 
servants, whose siesta had been disturbed by its cries ; unfortunate- 
ly (or, rather, fortunately for the culprit) I was not able to prove 
this to be the case. | 
This example being a young bird, showed scarcely any signs of 
the casque on the beak. It was a female. In both sexes, when full 
grown, the tail is white; the adult female has the breast black. 
A pair from Malacca, which are now before me, measure from 
36 to 88 inches in length. 
PaL#orNISs LoNetIcauDA (Bodd.). The Malay Long-tailed Par- 
rakeet. : 
Common among the islands scattered along the South coast of 
the peninsula. I often saw it in Singapore, congregating in large 
flocks during July and August, particularly among the high trees 
