BELL BIRD, OR CAMPANERO . — Arapunga alba . 
The most curious of this family is certainly the noisy little Bell Bird of 
Southern America. 
The Bell Bird is about the size of an ordinary pigeon, and its plumage is 
quite white. Erom a pigeon jt can easily be distinguished, even at some dis- 
tance, by the curious horn -like structure which grow r s from its forehead, and 
rises to a height of some three inches when the bird is excited. This “ horn ” is 
jetty-black in colour, sprinkled very sparingly with little tufts of snowy- white 
dowm, and as it has a communication with the palate, has probably something 
to do with the bell-like sound of the voice. 
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