Description
Title: Animal life in the sea and on the land
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Cooper, Sarah. (from old catalog)
Text Appearing After Image:
Fig. 209.—Two-horned Hohnbill feeding its Mate. different species of these beautiful birds are found. Theordinary birds-of-paradise most familiar to us are admiredfor the plumes of downy golden feathers growing beneaththeir wings, and large numbers are killed to supply the PERCHING-BIRDS. 309 milliners trade. The natives who capture them usuallycut off their legs, and this may have given rise
Date 1887
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Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/animallifeinseao00coop/animallifeinseao00coop#page/n327/mode/1up
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The great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) also known as the great Indian hornbill or great pied hornbill, is one of the larger members of the hornbill family. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.