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all moniliform or rounded, the last ovate or cone-shaped, while 

 the abdomen is shorter, oval, not longer than the head and 

 thorax united, the first and second segments being striated. 



The above interesting new genus and species is based upon 

 one male and eight female specimens, bred by Mr. F. W. Uricb, 

 of Trinidad, B.W.I., from the eggs of a new Embiid which he 

 intends shortly to describe. 



The specimens were transmitted to Mr. L. O. Howard, to 

 whom I am indebted for the privilege and pleasure of working 

 them up. 



NOTES ON BIRDS OBSERVED IN TRINIDAD. 



By "William Brewster and Frank M. Chapman. 



(Concluded.) 



To hear a Campanero is one thing, to see it quite another. 

 The birds haunt the tree-tops in the virgin forest, where, con- 

 cealed by the canopy of foliage and intervening parasitic plants 

 and creepers, they can be found even by practiced hunters only 

 under favourable conditions. Mr. Carr had prepared us for the 

 failure which attended our first Campanero hunt. Nevertheless, 

 we actually heard a Bell-bird calling, — sufficient encouragement, 

 if we had needed any, to continue the search. Our persistency, 

 however, was not tested. The following day Mr. Brewster and 

 Mr. Carr discovered a Campanero within a mile of the house and 

 had an exceptional opportunity to study it. After following the 

 sound of the bird's voice for a quarter of a mile, they finally saw 

 it perched on a bare twig at the top of a tree about seventy-five 

 feet from the ground. After watching it there for about fifteen 

 minutes, during which time it uttered its several calls, it was 

 disturbed by two Toucans alighting near it and sought a perch 

 in a strong, clear light about twenty feet from the ground and 

 not over twenty yards from the observers. This, according to Mr. 

 Carr, was an unusual proceeding. It remained in this position 

 for about fifteen minutes, repeating all its notes. The following 

 day we all visited the place and the Bell-bird kept the tryst, 

 appearing on the high perch it had occupied the preceding 

 day. The records of these two occasions were read aloud and 

 endorsed by each member of the party. From them we present 

 the following description of the Campanero's calls. The bird has 

 three distinct notes, the first bok, the second tut, the third tang. 

 The bok is by far the loudest and for this reason is the one most 

 frequently heard, and is doubtless the call alluded to by previous 



