1894
March 26
(No 6)
Trinidad, B.W.I.
Caparo
tightly pressed against the throat. I was surprised
to find that they were not displayed in any
way while the bird was singing.

  In this connection I will add that on the
afternoon of the 27th we found this Bell Bird
singing in the same tree & perched on the very same
twig where it sat on the 26th and further that
on the morning of the 29th I shot a female
Bell Bird in the cacao grove within 20 yds, of our
ajouba. It came flying from the woods across the
river and alighting on a branch of a bois immortel[le]
sat there silent and motionless long enough for me
to go to the house and return with my gun.
On dissecting it I found the ovaries only slightly
developed the largest ovules being of about the
size of a no 8 shot. The body was rather less heavy
and muscular than that of the male skinned
last week. The irides were dark hazel. There
was no apparent peculiarity of the trachea or
larynx.
[margin] A female
Bell Bird [/margin]