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head. These were huge black hornbills. Merely fleet¬ 
ing and momentary were the glimpses we could get with 
a spyglass; but, such as these were (and the idea was 
confirmed by those clarion notes), we concluded that 
these were the great trumpeter hornbill (.Bycanistes 
A HORNBILL OF SOTIK. 
buccinator ), whose portrait is roughly portrayed opposite. 
Whatever they were, these hornbills were numerous 
enough in the dense forest. A few days later, in some 
rather more open country towards Sotik, we enjoyed 
a better view of quite another hornbill, which sat on 
a dry branch plunged in reverie. In this case the 
“ casque ” was not a semi-separated superstructure, so 
