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TROPICAL AMERICA AND ITS ANIMALS 



Chile, a bird about the size of the European corn-bunting, which the females 

 resemble in plumage, although the males are redder. 



The gorgeous chatterers, yvvhich are not unlike crows in shape 

 and size, form a loud-voiced group peculiar to the region, one of the 

 best known species being the umbrella-bird (Cephalopterus ornatus) of Brazil. 

 Black in colour, this bird carries a curious umbrella-like crest of feathers on the 



Chatterers. 



COSTA RICAN HAMMERER. 



head. Nearly allied are the bell-birds, which make the South American forests 

 resound with their loud ringing calls, sounding at a distance like bells. The common 

 bell-bird (Chasmorhynchus nudicollis) is nearly as large as a missel-thrush, and 

 lives almost exclusively on berries and other fruits, as indeed do all its kindred. 

 A native of Brazil, it is white in colour, with a bare face and throat. Another 

 bell-bird is the Costa Rican hammerer (C. tricaruncidatus), the males of which are 

 reddish brown with the exception of their white heads, while the females are olive- 

 green above and yellow streaked with brown below. The male has a long horny 



