New York Zoological Society. 
ABYSSINIAN GROUND HORNBILL (Bucorvus abyssinicus). Length: 31/2 feet. 
Range: Northern Africa. 
This hornbill, which pecks insects out of the dry sun-baked ground of 
Africa, is sometimes found as high as four thousand feet up, in the hills of 
Abyssinia. 
Ralph De Sola, Federal Writers’ Project. 
LESSER HORNBILL (Anthroxoceros con- 
vexus). Also called Indian Pied Hornbill. 
Length : 2 feet. Range: India. 
This seldom seen species was photo¬ 
graphed in the Barrett Park Zoo on Staten 
Island, which, like many of the more mod¬ 
ern institutions, frequently exhibits rare 
birds. 
