102 THE WORLD'S BIBDS. 



The Green Bulbuls (Chloropsis) are bright leaf-green, 

 and have long tongues with which they sip honey ; 

 the best known is the Gold-fronted (C. aurifrons). 

 Bulbuls do well in captivity, and a few species have 

 bred, including the Palestine Bulbul (Pycnonotus 

 xanthopygus), which has a fine song, somewhat Hke that 

 of the Nightingale The name Bulbul, by the way, 

 properly indicates this bird or one of its Eastern 

 representatives. 



Chatterers [CotingincB) form a group confined to 

 America, and almost entirely to its southern portion. 



Outline of Bell-Bird. 



Their bill varies in form, but has a wide gape and is often 

 small, although at times somewhat crow-like ; their shanks 

 are usually covered with numerous small scales behind. 

 This group includes many very brilliant and many 

 equally curious forms, such as the Cocks-of- the- Rock 

 (Riipicola), orange or red birds as large as Pigeons ; 

 the black Umbrella-Birds (Cephalopterus), and the 

 Bell-Birds (Chasmorhynchus) . Some of these are large 

 for Passerine birds, the Common Umbrella-Bird 

 equalling a Crow. Their nesting-habits vary, but 

 their ways of life as a whole are little known. Their 

 food consists of fruit, with insects and other small 



