26 UNDULATED HORN BILL. 



ones on each side twelve inches: the legs ^re 

 strong, and of a black colour: the wings reach 

 only about three inches along the tail. This spe- 

 cies is said to inhabit the saitie regions with the 

 major part of the genus. 



UNDULATED HORNBILL. 



Buceros uiidulatus. jB. suhcristatus nigro-xiolaceus, gula nuda c«- 

 rulescente, cauda alba, rosfro albido, galea transfer sim fusco- 

 sulcata. 



Slightly-crested black Hornbill, with naked blueish throat, white 

 tail^ and whitish bill with the casque transversely undulated by 

 brown furrows. 



Le Calao a casque festonn^. Levaill. Cal. pi. 20. 21. 



This species may be considered as the most 

 beautiful, or, to speak perhaps more properly, 

 the least deformed of all the Hornbills, the beak 

 exhibiting an appearance more proportioned to 

 the size of the bird, and the colours a greater 

 degree of variety and elegance than in the rest of 

 the tribe. The length of the bird, exclusive of 

 the bill, is about thirty inches, and the bill mea- 

 sures only five inches in length, and two in thick- 

 ness, including the crest or casque. The colour 

 of the bird is black, with a strong gloss of blue: 

 the tail is entirely white, and at the lower part of 

 the neck, between the shoulders, is a moderately 

 large patch of red-brown, adding a considerable 

 ornament to the plumage of that part: the chin, 

 to a considerable distance beyond the base of the 



