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ALTHOUGH the extraordinary breeding habits of hornbills have excited comment for many years, little is actually recorded except that the female is walled up in a natural hole, where she is fed by the male through a slit and undergoes a complete moult. Practically no one who has left notes has resisted the temptation to destroy the nest before the story was complete.
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MOREAU, R. Breeding Habits of Hornbills. Nature 134, 899 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134899a0
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