. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. »'. p. Dundii, [Ktgent\ Parli CONCAVE-CASQUED HORNBILL, INDIA The noise made by hornbilii on the -zuing /i idtd to reitmbU that oj a iteam engine decidedly brutal. The tree is scaled, the resin-like substance is broken away, and the frightened bird flies from her nest up the hollow trunk of the tree, but is ignominiously brought down by means of a thorny stick (the thorns point downward), which is thrust after and twisted about until a firm grip in her plumage is obtained. The
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. »'. p. Dundii, [Ktgent\ Parli CONCAVE-CASQUED HORNBILL, INDIA The noise made by hornbilii on the -zuing /i idtd to reitmbU that oj a iteam engine decidedly brutal. The tree is scaled, the resin-like substance is broken away, and the frightened bird flies from her nest up the hollow trunk of the tree, but is ignominiously brought down by means of a thorny stick (the thorns point downward), which is thrust after and twisted about until a firm grip in her plumage is obtained. The Dwaks, ne\er ver}- faithful obser\-crs of nature, believe that the female is shut up b}- the male, so that after hatching her eggs she ma\' die, the maggots in her putrefying body affording food fi-ir the )-oung. One very curious habit of the rhinoceros- hornbill which I ha\-e not hitherto seen noted is the rapid jumping up and down on a branch with both feet together. This jumping motion is imitated b}' the Kyans and Dyaks in their dances, the figure being known to the K\'ans as ' wan blingong.' " That the Htji ipijKS, unlike as they ma}' be in general appearance, are ne\'ertheless intimately related to the Hornbills there can be no doubt. Graceful in contour and pleasing in coloration, it is a pit_\- that the species which so frequentl}' \isits Britain, and has on more than one occasion nested there, should be so ruthlessly shot down immediately its presence is discovered. Save the wings and tail, the body is of a light cinnamon colour, whilst the head is surmounted by a magnificent crest of black-and-white-tipped feathers, which can be raised or depressed at the pleasure of the bird : the excepted portions of the plumage— the wings and tail — are buft', \'aried with bands of black and white. Thus it ma)' be truthfully said to be a conspicuously coloured bird ; }'et this same livery seems also to come under the head of protecti\e coloration, for we are assured that,
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