Questions 13-16

                    The Malabar pied hornbill usually nests in the fruit trees that bear its food.  The female enters a hole

in the tree and molts.  She and her mate seal the hollow with mud and dung, leaving a crack through which he

feeds her.  When the chicks hatch and her plumage returns, she breaks out, resealing the nest to guard the

young, which emerge later.

                13. The Malabar pied hornbill is probably a