Note 40 — Chapter V · Magic Rites connected with the Several Departments of Nature (continued 2)

An old Malay (in Selangor) once told me that the hornbill was the king of the birds until dispossessed by the eagle (Rajawali). If, as seems probable, the hornbill was taken as a substitute for the frigate-bird in places where the latter did not exist, this may be important. ↑