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A female 
less long enough for me to go to the house and return 
Bell Bird 
with my gun. On dissecting it, I found the ovaries only 
slightly developed, the largest ovules being of about the 
size of 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. 
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*This was a pure assumption at the time and I am now inclined 
to doubt its correctness although I was forced to leave 
Trinidad without settling the question. Albert Carr and 
his brother were disposed to think that the bok is uttered 
only by the male. 
Sounds of 
While we were watching the Bell Bird, my eyes and 
a 
ears took in many other sights and sounds. Every now and 
Trinidad 
then a. Hummer (Glaucis or Eucephala) droned overhead or 
forest 
dashed past us. Trogons gave their Cuckoo or Flicker-like 
calls and the rasping croak of the Toucan came almost 
incessantly from two or three different directions at once. 
Creepers (Coereba luteola) were sing:ing on every side and 
now and then a Wren (Thryothorus rutilus) repeated its clear 
silvery song two or three times in quick succession. The 
loud ringing whistle of Dendrornis susurrans was also a fre- 
quent and characteristic sound of these lonely woods, and 
the Flicker-like "shout" of Thamnophilus major , ending with 
its curious Crow caw, was occasionally heard. 
