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THE PERCHING BIRDS 



ward. The nest of the umbrella bird is built of small branches, placed in the top 

 of a tall tree." The eggs are white and two in number. In flight the helmet or 

 crest is depressed, and the lappet is placed close to the body. The plumage of 

 the male is deep black throughout, the lappet being glossed with steel blue. The 

 female has only the rudiments of the crest and lappet, and is altogether duller col- 

 ored than the male. 



Ivong known to travelers, in consequence of their remarkable vocal 

 powers, so closely resembling the ringing of a bell as to have conferred 

 upon them their popular appellation, three of the four known species of the bell 



Bell Birds 



NAKED-THROATED BELL BIRD 

 (Three-eighths natural size.) 



birds ( Chasmorynchus] have the plumage of a pure unspotted white, a unique fea- 

 ture among the chatterers. The fourth species is, however, characterized by a 

 brown head and black wings, although white predominates in its plumage. The 

 bell bird possesses a moderately- curved bill, broad at the base, and deeply cleft; the 

 wings extending to the end of the upper tail coverts, the metatarsus being strong 

 and scutellated, and the toes short and strong. The variegated bell bird is found in 

 Venezuela, while the snow-white bell bird inhabits the forests of Surinam, Cayenne, 

 and Demerara, and the naked-throated bell bird is found in Brazil. Dr. Sclater 



