"upon bill, wliicli lie used iis a pickaxe, till tlx; house re-ouiKlcil witli lii- 
''well-aimed })lo\vs. On Ixiiuj^ ch(;ck(;(l from ex(!i-(;isii)o- iiis inoenuity in I liis uinnner lie 
" became sulky, and refused to cat or offer liis call of r(;eo;^niitioii wlien 1 ap|)ro;u;li(:d lilm: 
" in a day or two, liowevci', lie a])j)arcntly tbouirht better of the matter, resumed hi:-, hi.l)Ours 
" upon another spot, and fed as voraciously as ever, devouriu*^' hu^^e slices of bniiiitms, iMri;.de 
" fruits, the ))odi.es of any small birds I skinned, &c." 
" This species breeds in hollow trees, laying three or four pure white but very shining 
" eo-o-s- axis diameter •95. The natives all affirm that the birds hollow out their own 
" nest-hole. One I saw was in an unsound tree, the nest slightly formed of a few bents of 
" dry grass." 
The plate is dra^vn from a specimen in our own collection which was killed in Ceylon 
by Mr. Chapman, and which we obtained from Lord Walden. It represents an adult ])ird, 
life size. 
