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new species. I was told by a native superintendent that a large biach-and-white Hornbill is seen 
in the jungles at the eastern end of the Haputale range ; but I have no doubt that it is the present sp , 
S; SrS ssss atsssar- 
n hit, The Crowned HornbiU lives in small parties, frequenting the tops of trees and feeding on the 
Habits. The Crowned , ■ m „ les abound . These it swallows whole, whether large or small. 
many fruits ^h jrhmh the y J ^ to a branch , it resorts to an odd expedient-the coveted 
Layard says that to P ro ^ re , the bird lhrows itse lf from its perch, twisting and flapping its wings 
X » — * *— its 
footing.” „„ observed to «. its bill in recovering its perch in the 
same nianner that a Parrot Jonid d„ P except that instead of the upper mandible 
giving it a singular aspect. It has c ; i - i t„ tb e i un gles of the eastern 
L, together without much difficulty malmig themselves heard fa .r and nrf* In he ju 
side of the island it is partial .0 the tall forest trees growmg on the f^gms , ifthe mem, ^ ^ 
tracts away from the influence of ijtlie water t ,erc is no s. ° ^ ;t fruit-eating bird in the 
on the ground; but this I have never been fortunate enough to see myselt. 
Nidification . — This bird breeds in the cavity of a tree, and the 
" :LTolgTe°h a a S tched the mud wall is broken down 
either ^ tavenotW^ ^ntT^ve'eviden^ it may well 
species we iave n bas been see n by reliable witnesses of the nesting of other Homhills. I he 
be credxted, ro the face^rf wtra^ tQ ^ birds i fear of the monkeys, which inhabit the 
Cevlon forests in such numbers : be this as it may, I doubt not that the incarceration actually does take 
See Ind it would be very interesting if some undeniable proof of it could be obtained by observation on 
t li rt of some of my readers in the Ceylon Civil Service or the Public Works Department, who by offering 
f tbe finding of a nest in the forests surrounding their Station, might perhaps succeed in ma ug 
: o r^" g fhc subject. I have u„ iufocmatiuu couceruiug the egg, of .he Crowned Hoc, .bill, 
for they do not appear, as yet, to have been procured. 
