ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLERS AND THEIR ALLIES
THE HORNBILLS
The Two-horned Hornbill
(Dichoceros bicomis) of the Indo-Chinese countries, the Malayan Peninsula, and Sumatra is the largest member of the group, being nearly five feet long and having a very large, much-curved bill, and a large, broad casque with the upper surface concave in front and terminating in two laterally projecting points.
The plumage is black and white, while the greater wing-coverts and quills are black with their bases and ends white, and the tail yellowish white with a broad sub-terminal black band on each feather; the bill and casque are yellow, tinged with red at the tips and orange in the middle. The female is slightly smaller but otherwise is similar in all but the color of the casque. This great bird is a forest species, keeping much to the tall trees and rarely if ever descending to the ground. It goes about in pairs, or more often in flocks of from five
to twenty or more, making its presence known by the great noise produced by its wings in flight, a sound that may often be distinguished for a mile or over. It feeds largely on fruit, but insects and lizards are also eaten. The eggs, two or three in number, are laid in the usual manner, that is, in hollow trees with the entrance walled up with mud.
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