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Lieut. Wardlaw Ramsay's Notes 
in far larger flocks, flying to and returning from their feeding- 
places at dawn and dusk. One of my specimens (immature), 
from its large size, may be R. undulatus (Shaw) (Buceros ru- 
ficollis , Bl., J. A. S. B. xii. p. 176), which appears to differ 
from the present bird only in its slightly superior size, and in 
having when adult a ribbed plate on either side of the base 
of the mandible, which does not exist in the immature bird. 
An old Burman one day brought me a lump of earthy 
composition which he had taken from the nest-hole of a 
Hornbill, and told me that he had been attracted to the nest 
by seeing the bird thrust out its bill and snap at a large 
iguana which was running up the tree. The Burmese have 
an idea that the plaster which the birds use for shutting 
up the entrance to their nest-holes is made of earth brought 
from the four quarters of the globe and mixed with a gum 
extracted from trees. This composition is much thought of 
for its supposed medicinal properties; but in what way it is 
used I was unable to discover. The Burmese have endless 
legends about the Hornbill; and in their poetry and plays the 
name is continually occurring. The female Hornbill is re¬ 
garded by the Burmese as the model of virtue. Iris ($), 
lake; bill greenish white, with ridges cream-colour and fur¬ 
rows earthy ; base of bill and ribbed part of maxilla vinous 
brown ; facial skin and a rim round the eye also vinous brown, 
but brighter ; eyelids pale greenish ; skin of the throat bright 
lemon-yellow; legs black. 
The female has the gular pouch turquoise-blue. 
75. Carcineutes pulchellus. 
In the Madras Museum is a specimen labelled “ Burmah" 
which has the rufous collar nearly half an inch broad. 
78. Halcyon pileata. 
Extends only a very short distance up the Sittang from the 
sea; it is unknown in the Tonghoo district. 
79. Halcyon coromanda. 
I never saw the Buddy Kingfisher in the Tonghoo district; 
but the late lamented Lieut. Colonel Lloyd, who has con¬ 
tributed so largely to our knowledge of Burmese birds, ob- 
