THE WAXEN-CHATTERER— THE BELL-BIRD. 341 



Aloud, too, was heard the Campan'ero's note, 

 .As, afar o'er the dell, it seem'd frequent to float. 



mandible notched ; nostrils covered with bristles ; tongue sharp, 

 cartilaginous, bifid ; middle toe connected at the base to the 

 outmost. The following seem most worthy of notice: 



The Garrulus, Waxen-Chatterer, European-Chatterer, 

 Silk-Tail, Bohemian- Wax-Wing, or BohemianChattei'er f in size 

 resembles a starling; the head is crested, which, and the upper 

 parts, are vivacious brown, dashed with ash-colour ; beneath 

 pale purplish ash-colour ; it is said to appear annually about 

 Edinburgh, and to feed on the berries of the mountain ash; it 

 is also said to breed in parts more northerly, and to form its 

 nest in the holes of rocks; found also occasionally in the 

 southern parts of the kingdom. 



The Carnifex, Red-Chatterer, or Scarlet- Cot inga, is seven 

 inches long ; crest, lower part of the back, rump, thighs, and 

 lower part of the belly bright crimson ; the rest of the plumage 

 dull red ; inhabits South America ; its cry like the word ouette. 

 Another, the Coccinea, is called Scarlet-Chatterer. Ano- 

 ther, the Militaris, the size of a crow, has the whole plumage 

 crimson, inclining to pompadour red ; found in Guiana, but 

 scarce. And another, the Pompadora, or Pompadour-Chat - 

 terer, has the plumage, in general, a fine glossy purplish red ; 

 found also in Guiana. 



The Variegala, or Variegated-Chatterer, called, occa. 

 sionally, Bell-bird, is eleven inches long; general colour of 

 the body pearly-white, inclining to dove on the back; wings 

 black; from the chin to the middle of the breast, spring numerous 

 narrow flat and elongated fleshy appendages, about one inch 

 aud a quarter in length; voice loud, and heard a great way off; 

 makes two kinds of noise, for about six weeks only, in the months 

 of December and January ; one like a hammer striking on a 

 wedge ; the other similar to the noise of a cracked bell; found 

 in South America, particularly Guiana. 



