The flight of the Bell Bird is swift, easy, slightly 
undulating, the wings being beaten rapidly a few times and 
then closed during the downward sweep. It is much like 
the flight of Habia ludoviciana which, indeed, the Bell Bird 
also resembles in form and bearing, although it is of course 
larger and he3.vier. It is an alert but not a very active 
bird, sitting for a long time in one place but moving 
the head about quickly and occasionally twitching the wings. 
I saw no tail motion excepting during the act of calling. 
The fleshy throat appendages were not visible at any 
time, either when the bird was calling or when it was sit¬ 
ting erect or preening its feathers. This is difficult 
to understand, for when the head of a dead specimen is 
held out horizontally these appendages hang straight down¬ 
ward. They are indeed as soft and limp as so many bits 
of old shoe string yet the bird must be able in some way 
to hold them 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 and 
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 yards of our ajouba. 
It came flying from the woods across the river and alighting 
on a branch of a bois immortel sat there silent and motioa— 
