C«. 
4P. XIII. 
DECORATION. 
79 
I 
Will 
tjj mention only one other bird, remarkable from 
n ® x ti'enie contrast in colour between the sexes, 
§ e *y tlie famous Bell-bird ( Chasinorhynehus niveus ) of 
the r 6lioa ’ tlle note of can b<i distinguished at 
0Ue distance of nearly three miles, and astonishes every 
tlig f flrst hears it. The male is pure white, whilst 
ter r - ale is dusky-green; and the former colour with 
] lu l^ utl 'ial species of moderate size and inoffensive 
\v’ ts is very rare. The male, also, as described by 
Kmk t0 n, bas a 8 P iral tube > nearl y tbree diclies^ m 
blp^i 5 ' v hich rises from the base of the beak. It is jet- 
„ , — uses uuui uubc ui - 
tuff,' dotted over with minute downy feathers. This 
palate ; and when not inflated hangs down on 
'viti x ^ ' Je inflated with air, through a communication 
of The genus consists of four species, the males 
^ are very distinct, whilst the females, as de- 
Jf -d by Mr. Sclater in a most interesting 
cl 
i„ M ! - v resemble each other, thus offering au excellent 
g r o‘| ace of the common rule that within the same 
do t/ ^ le roalos differ much more from each other than 
ia a ] e le .^males. In a second species ( C . nudicollis) the 
Vr,, 18 dkewise snow-white, with the exception of a 
ey ( f s s P ace of naked skin on the throat and round the 
<^h during the breeding-season is of a fine green 
and a third species ( C . tricarunculatus) the head 
paper, 
-uif Tt 1 y — - / 
bo c | v , . alone of the male are white, the rest of the 
is p r _ ei Og chesnut-brown, and the male of this species 
Vg 
ar,< i the ■ 
y be o , 
l°ag t0 ^ded with three filamentous projections half as 
“ , 5 s the body — one rising from the base of the beak 
Tli 6 ' W ° °thers from the corners of the mouth. 
‘ Coloured plumage and certain other ornaments of 
70 Mr 
'VdeijT Se , later » ‘Intellectual Observer,’ Jan. 1867. ‘ Waterton’s 
™te. in +P’ p - Us - See also Mr. Salvin’s interesting paper, witli a 
he ‘Ibis,’ 1865, p. 90. 
