92 Mr. 0. Salvin on the Costa-Rican Bell-bwd. 



Species with throat feathered and possessing a caruncle on the 

 base of the bill. C. niveus, Cayenne, and C. tricarunculatus, 

 Costa Rica. 

 C. NIVEUS, Bodd. (ex Buffon, PI. Eul. 793, 794) ; Sclatcr, 



Cat. p. 258. 



S . Omnino albus : caruncula una e capite crescente plumulis 



albis male vestita. 

 2 . Similis praecedentibus, pileo et dorso concoloribus. 

 Hab. Cayenne. 



In one of Buffon's figures an adult male is shown with the 

 caruncle erect, in the other (an immature bird) it hangs over the 

 bill. 



C. TRICARUNCULATUS, J. & E. Vcrreaux, Rev. Zool. 1853, 

 p. 193 j Cab. Jouru. f. Orn. 1861, p. 253; Scl. Cat. p. 258. 

 (Plate III.) 



c? . Castaneo-brunneus, capite toto cum collo et gula ad pectus 

 albis : carunculis tribus, una e fronte et duabus rictalibus 

 exorientibus. 

 5 . Ecarunculata, similis prsecedentibus, pileo et dorso concolo- 

 ribus. 

 Hab. Costa Rica. 



Towards the base of each caruncle a few rudimentary feathers 

 are scattered. They are scarcely to be seen and are hair-like in 

 structure. 



The following extract from Mr. Waterton^s well-known * Wan- 

 derings ' gives the only full account of the habits of the one 

 species, C. niveus, found in Cayenne. 



Speaking of the several Cotingas of the country he describes, 

 he says, " The fifth species is the celebrated ' Campanero ' of the 

 Spaniards, called 'Dara' by the Indians, and ^ Bell-bird ^ by the 

 English. He is about the size of the Jay. His plumage is 

 white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube nearly three 

 inches long. It is jet-black, dotted all over with small white 

 feathers. It has a communication with the palate, and when 

 filled with air it looks like a spire; when empty it becomes 

 pendulous. His note is loud and clear like the sound of a bell, 

 and may be heard at the distance of three miles. In the midst 

 of these extensive wilds, generally on the dried top of an ancient 

 mora, almost out of gun reach, you will see the Campanero. No 



