. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. brown. lu some tliese are clisposeil i irregularly ilistrilmtcd over the entire breadth from '72 to '70 of an ; THE BIRD. Mifluent crown arouml the In leni'th they vary from iri;vr enil : in others they are •;) to -yO of an inch, and in THE .SEVENTH FAMILY OF THE MESOMYODI, OR SONGLESS BIRDS. THE AJIEEICAX CHATTERERS {Cotbi!/i,/,(). To tliis family belong nearly a hundred of birds, mostly of gay plumage, which are found in the New World. Some of the most interesting are the brilliantly coloured Cotingas, or
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. brown. lu some tliese are clisposeil i irregularly ilistrilmtcd over the entire breadth from '72 to '70 of an ; THE BIRD. Mifluent crown arouml the In leni'th they vary from iri;vr enil : in others they are •;) to -yO of an inch, and in THE .SEVENTH FAMILY OF THE MESOMYODI, OR SONGLESS BIRDS. THE AJIEEICAX CHATTERERS {Cotbi!/i,/,(). To tliis family belong nearly a hundred of birds, mostly of gay plumage, which are found in the New World. Some of the most interesting are the brilliantly coloured Cotingas, or Chatterers ^Av i. COCK OP THE KOCK. of South America, in which the plumage is of a mingled blue and crimson; but there are also in this family equally familiar birds, such as the Cocks of the Rock, the Umbrella-birds, and the Bell-birds. The habits of the common Bell-bird ai-e described by Mr. Waterton in his "; Speaking of the several Cotingas of the country under notice, he says :—" The fifth species is the celebrated 'Campanero' of the S)ianiards, called 'Dara' by the Indians, and 'Bell-bird' by the English. He is about the size of the Jay. His plumage is white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube nearly three inches long. It is jet-black, dotted all over with small white feathers. It has a communication with the palate, and when filled with air itloaks like a spire; when empty it becomes pendulous. His note is lend and clear, like the sottnd of a bell, and may be heard at the distance of three miles. In the midst of these extensive wilds, generally on the dried top of an ancient wood, almost out of your reach, yoti will see the Campanero. No sound or song from any of the winged inhabitants of the forest, not even the clearly pronounced ' Wliip-]ioor-will' from the Goatsucker, causes such astonishment as the toll of the Campanero. With many of tlie feathered race he pays tlie common tribute of a morning and evening song; and even when th
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