. Birds. Birds. 156 Bt7C3EEOTIDjE. Bengal, and not found farther east. This species does not occur in Ceylon. Habits, Sfc. This little Hornbill is generally seen in small parties about open jungle, groves of trees, and gardens, but not in thick forest. It lives chiefly on fruit, but occasionally eats insects also. It has a harsh cry, and an undulating flight, with alternate flappings and sailings. An excellent account of the nidification at Mainpuri is given by Mr. Home, who watched the female bird shut up, with her own droppings, the opening of the nest-hole in a sissoo tree, except the slit
. Birds. Birds. 156 Bt7C3EEOTIDjE. Bengal, and not found farther east. This species does not occur in Ceylon. Habits, Sfc. This little Hornbill is generally seen in small parties about open jungle, groves of trees, and gardens, but not in thick forest. It lives chiefly on fruit, but occasionally eats insects also. It has a harsh cry, and an undulating flight, with alternate flappings and sailings. An excellent account of the nidification at Mainpuri is given by Mr. Home, who watched the female bird shut up, with her own droppings, the opening of the nest-hole in a sissoo tree, except the slit through which she received food from the male. The female never leaves the nest from before laying her first egg till the young are about a week old. The eggs, 3 to 5 in number, are laid from April to June; they are dull white in colour and measure about 1-7 by 1 "22. 1063. Lophoceros griseiis. The Malaha/ii^ Orey Hornbill. Buceros griseus, Lath. Ind. Om. i, p. 147, (1790). Tockua gmgalensia, apud Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. xi, p. 38; id. B. I. 1, p. 250; id. Ibis, 1872, p. 5; nee Buceros gingalensis, Shaw. Buceros gingalensis, Baker, J. A. S. B. xxviii, p. 292 ; nee Shaw. Tockus griseus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 350; Fairbank, S. F. iv, p. 255; V, p. 395; Hume ^ Bourd. S. F. iv, p. 387; Hume, Cat. no. 145; ElUot, Mem. Buc. pi. 64; Vklal, S. F. ix, p. 51; Butler, ibid. p. 384; Davison, S. F. x, p. 352 ; Macgregor, tbid. p. 436; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 106; Davidson, Jour. Bom. N. H. Soe. vi, p. 334. Ocyceros griseus, OgUvie Grant, Vat. B. M. xvii, p. 396. The Jungle Orey HornbUl, Jerdon; Kaldal-haki, Fig. 46.—Head of L. griseus, J. Coloration. Upper parts dark slaty grey, brownish on the back; nasal plumes and broad supercilia, extending far backwards, brownish white; ear-coverts blackish; feathers of head, crest, throat, and breast with whitish shaft-stripes; quills black, pri- maries, from 3rd to 7th, 8th, or sometimes 9th, with broad white tips; tail-feathers black glo
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