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Length of ltfe in captivity. 

 A specimen has been living for the last five years. 



(142) THE GREAT PIED HORNBILL, OR THE HOMRAT, 

 (DICHOCEEOS BICOBNIS— (Jmi».) ) 



Description— Head, at the base of the casque and the bill, black ; 

 occiput, neck, thighs, upper and under tail-coverts white ; wings black ; 

 the tips of the greater coverts, primaries and secondaries, white ; a 

 patch at the middle of the primaries white ; tail white with a black 

 band across; bill curved and pointed and of a light yellow colour ; the 

 base of both maxilla and mandible black; casque broad and flat, 

 forming a notch at its junction with the bill, and extending posteriorly 

 over the head for about half an inch ; the greater part of the casque is 

 of the same colour as the bill ; its posterior termination is black, edged 

 with red ; anteriorly it is also black, which reaching to the bill continues 

 along the culmen to the point ; the total length of an adult specimen is 

 over 3 feet. 



Hab. — Tn India it inhabits the lower ranges of the Himalayas, 

 southern slopes of the Nilgiris, and the forests of the Malabar Coast ; 

 it is also found in Assam, Burmah, the Malayan peninsula and 

 Sumatra. With very few exceptions the specimens hitherto exhibited 

 in the garden came either from the Malayan peninsula or Sumatra. 



Length of life in captivity. 



No specimen has yet lived for more than five years and a few 

 months. 



(143) TEMMINOK'S PIED HORNBILL. 

 (ANTHEACOCEROS CONVEXUS-(ZV«m».) ) 



Description. — The whole under part, including the thighs, white ; 

 the ends of the primaries and secondaries, and all the lateral tail 

 feathers also white ; the rest of the plumage black, with faint purplish 

 reflexions ; a narrow circle round the eyes white ; an irregular 

 square patch of white at the cheeks ; bill curved and yellowish white ; 

 the casque is also of the same colour, except its two ends, which are 

 black, there being more black anteriorly than in its posterior ter- 

 minus ; it ends rather abruptly on the bill at about two-thirds of its 

 length ; total length about 28 inches ; iris red ; feet plumbeous. 



Hab. — Malacca, Java, Sumatra, Borneo. Specimens undoubtedly 

 referrible to this species, and exhibited here, were said to have been 

 obtained from the Himalayas. This, however, requires confirmation. 



Length of life in captivity. 

 Some have been living for over two years. 





