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the belly and thighs: the tail is longish, the two 

 middle feathers blueish-grey, the rest tipped pretty 

 deeply with white: the bill is pale or yellowish- 

 white on the sides, but the upper arch of the upper 

 mandible is blackish or dusky; the lower mandible 

 dusky, but whitish or pale beneath: both mandibles 

 are serrated in the usual manner of this genus: the 

 legs are dusky. This species is a native of the 

 island of Ceylon. 



WREATHED HORNBILL. 



Buceros plicatus. jB. m'ger, caiida alba, rostro fia'Vescente, galea 

 gibbosa septemplicata. 



Black Hornbill, with white tail, yellowish bill, and gibbous seven- 

 pleated casque. 



Buceros plicatus. jB. restro incurvo, fronte elevata sepfetnplicata, 



corpore nigro, rectridbus albis» Lath. ind. orn, 

 Indian Raven. Will, orn. pi, 78. lower figure. 

 Wreathed Hornbill. Lath, syn. 



Size of a Crow: colour black, except the tail, 

 which is white. In some specimens however the 

 neck is said to be yellow or rufous> and in others 

 the tail black, with the exterior feathers white: the 

 bill is very large, of a yellowish colour, and distin- 

 guished by having the casque or crest on the upper 

 mandible formed into several transverse convexi- 

 ties or broad pleats, which probably vary in num- 

 ber according to the age of the bird. Native of 

 the island of Ceylon. 



