. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ »SJ ] The RHINOCEROS CALAO. Tenth Species, Suciros Rhingeeros, Einn. and GmeU " -^ Na/utMs Rhinoceros, Klein. , Hydrocorax Indicus, Brifl*. > Topau. Borouflc. Rhinoceros Jvis. Johnlt. Cervus Indicus Carnutus, Bontius. Tragopan. Moehrlng. The Horned Pie of Ethiopia, Charlton. The Horned Indian Ravettt or Rhinoceros Bird. > pj The Rhinoceros Hornhill. Lath. Come Authors hare confounded this bird with the T^ragopanda of Pliny, which is the caflbwary, known
. The natural history of birds [microform] : from the French of the Count de Buffon. Ornithology; Birds; Ornithologie; Oiseaux. [ »SJ ] The RHINOCEROS CALAO. Tenth Species, Suciros Rhingeeros, Einn. and GmeU " -^ Na/utMs Rhinoceros, Klein. , Hydrocorax Indicus, Brifl*. > Topau. Borouflc. Rhinoceros Jvis. Johnlt. Cervus Indicus Carnutus, Bontius. Tragopan. Moehrlng. The Horned Pie of Ethiopia, Charlton. The Horned Indian Ravettt or Rhinoceros Bird. > pj The Rhinoceros Hornhill. Lath. Come Authors hare confounded this bird with the T^ragopanda of Pliny, which is the caflbwary, known to the Greeks and Romans, and which was found in Barbary and the Levant, very remote from the native feat of this Calao. The Rhinoceros bird feen by Bontius in the ifland of Java, is much larger than the European Raven j it has an offenfive fmell^ and is very ugly. Bontius thus proceeds ; " Its plumage is all black, and its bill oddly falbrioned j for on its upper part, there rifes an excrefcence of a horny fubftance which extends forward, and then bends back towards the top like a horn, and which is Iji; y * ⢠& I /.â â¢fa â â \ i 1 -' '/ ) ^ .â rifi! I '';> .Tw: â 'â¢'. '.(Ill. ,r'^ 1. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. London : Printed for A. Strachan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and J. Murray . ..
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