ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL. ^1 



by any genuine power ^ thus proving the general 

 truth, that appearance alone often proves a suc- 

 cessful substitute for reality. 



ABYSSINIAN HORNBILL. 



Buceros Abyssinicus. B, niger, remigihus primoribus albis, seem* 



dariisfenugineisj rostro nigro, galea abrupto-orbiculata. 

 Black Hornbill, with white primary quills, ferruginous secondary, 



and black bill with abrupt-orbicular casque. 

 Buceros Abyssinicus. B, rostro nigro compresso,fronte gibbosa or" 



biculata carulca, corpore nigro: remigibus primoribvs albis, secm- 



dariis fulvo-fuscis. Lath. ind. orn. 

 Abba Gumba. Brvce trav. 

 Calao d'Abyssinie. Buff. ois. PL Enl. 779- 



This species seems to have been first distinctly 

 described by Mr. Bruce, who informs us that in the 

 eastern parts of Abyssinia it is known by the name 

 of Abba Gumba, and in the western side of Tacazze 

 by that of Erkoom : the first of these names being 

 apparently given it from the groaning noise which 

 it makes. In the region of Sennaar it is called 

 Teir el Naciba, or the Bird of Destiny. 



" This bird, says Mr. Bruce, is all of a black, or 

 rather black mixed with soot-colour^ the large 

 feathers of the wing are ten in number, milk-white 

 both without and within: the tip of his wings 

 reaches very nearly to his tail : his beak and head 

 measured together are eleven inches and a half, 

 and his head three inches and a quarter: at his 

 neck he has those protuberances like the Turkey- 



