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tail marked at the end by a black bar tipped with 

 white: the two middle feathers are longer than the 

 rest and tipped with black : the breast, belly, thighs, 

 and vent are white, and the legs dusky : the fea- 

 thers on the top of the head are lengthened into a 

 pendent crest. This species, which, according to 

 Levailiant, has been very ill figured in the work of 

 Sonnerat, is a native of Gingi, and probably of 

 other parts of India. 



GINGALA HORNBILL. 



Buceros Giiigaiensis. B. molaceo-griscus subtus albicans, fascia 



caudali nigra , rnstro simpUci pallido supra nigra. 

 Viola ceous*grey Hornbill, whitish beneath, with a black bar across 



the tail, and simple pale bill black above. 

 Le Calao Gingala. LevailL Cal. pi. 23. 



This is considered by its describer Monsr. Le- 

 vailiant as an entirely new species. It is the 

 smallest of the genus, not exceeding the size of a 

 Magpie. Its general shape resembles that of most 

 other species, but the bill, which is very large, is 

 not distinguished by any crest or prominence: the 

 colour of the upper part of the head and the back 

 is blackish-brown, v;^ith a cast of blueish-grey ; the 

 wings are of a fine blueish-grey, the smaller coverts 

 edged with black, marking out that part of the 

 plumage into so many scale-like divisions: the 

 face, fore-part of the neck, breast, belly, and 

 thighs are of a greyish white, growing deeper on 



