. A general synopsis of birds . his account of Labat, neither ofthem having, I fuppofe, met with the bird. A fpecimen of this bird is in the Leyden Mufeum, of which thereis a coloured print * in poffeffion of Sir A. Lever, which informsus, that the general colour is black: the hind head fomewhatcrefted: the belly and vent white: the tail near one foot inlength, the feathers of which are black, with white tips. both as to fize and feathers, that one might very eafily miftake them. I killedtwo with the fame (hot, one male, the other female. They had both a kind ofblack hollow helmet on the head,
. A general synopsis of birds . his account of Labat, neither ofthem having, I fuppofe, met with the bird. A fpecimen of this bird is in the Leyden Mufeum, of which thereis a coloured print * in poffeffion of Sir A. Lever, which informsus, that the general colour is black: the hind head fomewhatcrefted: the belly and vent white: the tail near one foot inlength, the feathers of which are black, with white tips. both as to fize and feathers, that one might very eafily miftake them. I killedtwo with the fame (hot, one male, the other female. They had both a kind ofblack hollow helmet on the head, of the fame bulk and figure as that of the■Co/bar: upon their neck they had along plate, like a very bright vellum, whichwas red in the male, and blue in the female. He fays, that the Negroes giveit the name of Guinar, and efteem it as a Marabou, or facred animal, and likenit to the Gallinazo ; but that is the Carrion Vulture. See Adanf. Voy, to Senegal,p. 309. Eng. Edit. * It is called in the print Calao des Indes. Le @u :/tf,-»/;/f. H O R N B I L L, 349 Le Calao de Malabar, Buf. oif. vii. p. 149. pi. 8. PL enl. 873 ? PIED Beaks of curious Birds, Ediu. pi. 281. f. D. H. pL. xr. HPHE length of this fpecies is two feet fix inches: in fize a Descriptj trifle bigger than a Crow. From the angles of the mouth tothe point of the bill five inches: both mandibles curve down-wards the whole length, and are pointed at the ends; on theupper is placed a gibbofity four inches and a half in length,rounded on the top, and, reaching two thirds of the length of thebill, tends to a fharp edge in front; this appendage paffes back-wards beyond the eyes, at which part it is blunt, and fornewhatprojecting; the fore part of it is black, which colour pafles ob-liquely downwards, and backwards quite to the part where itjoins the true bill, a little part of which is black alfo ■, the bafeand edges of both mandibles likewife are black; and near thebafe, between the appendage and bill, are pl
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