felRDS. PIC^. 9. Buceros. 213 
0. BUCEROS. Bill convex, curved, fharp- 
edged, large, ferrate outwardly, with 
a horny protuberance on the upper 
mandible near the bafe *. fiojlrils be- 
hind the bafe of the bill : tongue fhort, 
fharp-pointed; greflbrial. HornbilL 
front bony, flat, a-horned at the fore-part. Philippine H. 
Inhabits Philippine IJles ; hze of a common hen ; black, be- 
neath white ; quill-feathers with a white Ipot ; tail longilk, 
black; tail-feathers 10, the 4 outer each fide white; legs 
greenilh. 
2 . Bill Vermillion ; belly black ; back and rump brown-afh. 
Is worfhipped by the Indians, and has a voice refcinbling the 
grunting of a fwine or the bellowing of a calf; feeds Crt 
fruit, which it fwMlows whole, and after digehing the pulp, 
calls up the Hones whole. 
Black : bony protuberance femicircular on the fore-pyt j 
orbits, chin and part of the throat naked, violet- 
brown ; greater quill-feathers white. Abyfjimfm ^’ 
Inhabits Abyffinia : 3 feet 2 inches (long ; bdl 9 inches; 
feeds chiefly on beetles, and builds in large bulhy trees. 
Bill black edged with white, about the bafe of the upper man- 
dible each tide a tuft of brlftly hairs. 
. protuberance ftraightifli, pointed. African H. 
Inhabits Africa ; fize of a turkey. • c 1 
Bill partly red, partly yellow, the mandibles edged with black ; 
head flightly crefted. 
Black, beneath white ; protuberance rounded above, acme 
towards the front, reaching behind the eyes. 
Inhabits India ; 2^— -3 feet long ; eats flefli, nuts, fmail birds. 
• Each mandible curved downwards, fliarp at the tip ; P™ 
berance 4^ inches long, the greater part black, the middle 
both of the protuberance and the bill dirty yellowilh-white . 
vent, quill and outer tail-feathers tipt with white; leg 
ftrong, fcaly, black ; claws long, hooked, bluntiui. ..c 
The 2 or 4 middle tail-feathers black ; the reft win e 
black bafes. , 
3 ' Protuberance egg-lliaped ; quill and tail-feathers, c p 
2 middle ones which have black bafes, white. 
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