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WANDERINGS IN 
SECOND 
JOURNEY. 
Tlie Cam¬ 
panero. 
different from those of any other bird. When you 
are betwixt this bird and the sun in his flight, he 
appears uncommonly brilliant. He makes a hoarse 
noise, which sounds like “ Wallababa.” Hence 
his name amongst the Indians. 
None of these three cotingas have a song. They 
feed on the hitia, siloabali, and bastard siloabali seeds, 
the wild guava, the fig, and other fruit trees of the 
forest. They are easily shot in these trees during 
the months of December, January, and part of 
February. The greater part of them disappear after 
this, and probably retire far away to breed. Their 
nests have never been found in Demerara. 
The fifth species is the celebrated Campanero of 
the Spaniards, called Dara by the Indians, and 
Bell-bird by the English. He is about the size of 
the jay. His plumage is white as snow. On his 
forehead rises a spiral tube nearly three inches long. 
It is jet black, dotted all over with small white 
feathers. It has a communication with the palate, 
and when filled with air, looks like a spire; when 
empty, it becomes pendulous. His note is loud and 
clear, like the sound of a bell, and may be heard at 
the distance of three miles. In the midst of these 
extensive wilds, generally on the dried top of an 
aged mora, almost out of gun reach, you will see the 
campanero. No sound or song from any of the 
winged inhabitants of the forest, not even the 
clearly pronounced “ Whip-poor-will,” from the 
goatsucker, causes such astonishment, as the toll of 
the campanero. 
