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the whole of the varied Ornithology oPthe Penin- 

 sula; I slial! therefore content myself with a .sim- 

 ple enumeration of this departnrient, dwelling on- 

 ly on the more remarkahle specimens. 



Among^^t the eagle tribe, we find the Falco Sa-e- 

 7 us, Horsfield, Javan falcon. This, bird is a- 

 bout twelve inche.'^ long. The body is asb brown, 

 spotted and waved with darker and black. 

 Greater wing coverts varied with black, brown, 

 and pale brown. Arrow s|)ot on the throat whire, 

 outer quill feathers barred, and outer tail feathers 

 tipped with white. Middle claw serrate. 



Faico Malai^enm, Tern. Malayan eagle. Plu- 

 mage sooty brown. Irregular whitish bands at 

 the base of the wing feathers, and white luimles 

 on the inside of the tail feathers. 



Tiie Hornbill tribe, to which we now come, is 

 one of the most curious of nature's wonders, and 

 no less than five species are procurable in the Fe- 

 uinsula. The fi.^st of these is. 



The Btweros rhinoceros of Linn?eus, or theTlhi- 

 noceros hornbill. It is about the ^size of a h^n 

 turkey, but slenderer in the body, and the plom- 

 age is totally black, with the exception of the 

 tail, which is tipped with white. The bill is ten 

 inches long, surmounted with a hollow protube- 

 rai.ce, eight inches iong» and curved backwards. 



What the precise use of this appendage is 

 I am nnable to say, but I think it not improbable 

 that a communication exists between it and the 

 imyft.v, producing the shrill and grating cry uttered 

 by the bird, which is heard when it is soaring 

 even at a great height. The Hornbiils build on 

 the tops of tlte loftiest trees, and are extremely 



