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known by the name of Whip-poor- Will, from con- 

 stantly repeating these words. But the most extra- 

 ordinary note yet remains to be mentioned, that 

 of the Campanero, or Bell-Bird, found in South 

 America, and also in Africa (Coti?iga carunculata). 

 A traveller in the first-mentioned country speaks of 

 it as never failing to attract the attention of a pas- 

 senger, at a distance of even three miles, when it 

 may be heard tolling, like a distant church-bell. 

 When every other bird, during the heat of the day, 

 has ceased to sing, and all nature is hushed in mid- 

 night silence, the Campanero alone is heard. Its 

 toll sounds, then a pause for a minute, then another 

 toll, then another pause, and then a toll, and again a 

 pause. In Africa, two travelling missionaries have 

 given nearly the same account, but at somewhat 

 greater length. They were journeying onwards, in 

 the solitude of the wilderness, when the note of the 

 Campanero fell upon their ear. " ' Listen/ said my 

 companion, * did not you hear a church-bell?' We 

 paused, and it tolled again; and so strong was the 

 resemblance, that we could scarcely persuade our- 

 selves that we did not hear the low and solemn 

 sound of a distant passing-bell. When all was 

 silent, it came at intervals upon the ear, heavy and 

 slow, like a death-toll ; all again was then silent, 

 and then again the Bell-Bird's note was borne upon 

 the wind. We never seemed to approach it, but 

 that deep, melancholy, distant, dream-like sound, 

 still continued, at times, to haunt us like an omen 

 of evil." 



How the Bell-Bird utters this deep loud note is 

 not known, though it is supposed that a fleshy pro- 



