THE 



GREAT HORNBILL. 



O R 



RHINOCEROS. BIRD. 



Generic Character. 



Bill convex, large, and bent, with a protube- 

 rance on the upper mandible. 



No/lrils fmall, and feated behind the bafe of the 

 bill. 



Tongue fmall ? {harp ? 



Feet formed for walking, viz. three toes forward, 

 one backward. 



Specific Character, 

 BUCEROS with a recurved mandibular horn. 



HORNED INDIAN RAVEN, or RHINOCE- 

 ROS-BIRD. 



Will. OrnithoL p. 127. 



The genus to which this bird belongs, is above all 

 others diftinguifhed by the extraordinary ftructure of 

 the beak, which at firft view has rather the appearance 

 of fome enormous deformity, or irregular monftrofity, 

 than of a natural production. What is the intent of 



Nature 



