. A dictionary of birds . (Toucan) restsonly on the apparent similarity presented by the enormous beak,and is contradicted by important structural characters. In many oftheir habits, so far as these are known, all Hornbills seem to bemuch alike, and though the modification in the form of the beak,. HoMRAi OR Great Indian Hornbill (Dichoceros bicornis). After Tickells drawing in theZoological Societys library. and the presence or absence of the extraordinary excrescence,^whence their name is derived, causes great diversity of aspectamong them, the possession of prominent eyelashes (not a common
. A dictionary of birds . (Toucan) restsonly on the apparent similarity presented by the enormous beak,and is contradicted by important structural characters. In many oftheir habits, so far as these are known, all Hornbills seem to bemuch alike, and though the modification in the form of the beak,. HoMRAi OR Great Indian Hornbill (Dichoceros bicornis). After Tickells drawing in theZoological Societys library. and the presence or absence of the extraordinary excrescence,^whence their name is derived, causes great diversity of aspectamong them, the possession of prominent eyelashes (not a common ^ Buffon, as was his manner, enlarges on the cruel injustice done to thesebirds by Nature in encumbering them with this deformity, which lie declaresmust hinder them from getting their food with ease. The only corroboration hisperverted view receives is afforded by the observed fact that Hornbills, in cap-tivity at any rate, never have any fat about them. nOkN-PIE—HUlA 437 feature in Birds) produces a uniformity of expression which makesit impossible to mistake any member of the Family. Hornbills aresocial birds, keeping in companies, not to say flocks, and livingchiefly on fruits and seeds; but the bigger species also capture anddevour a large number of snakes, while the smaller are gre
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