 | Charles Waterton - 1825 - 350 pages
...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...pendulous. His note is loud and clear, like the sound of a bell, and may be heard at the S*COND distance of three miles. In the midst of these extensive JOURNEY.... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1826 - 850 pages
...of the Indians, and bell-bird of the English, i> about the size of the jay. " His plumage i> white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube nearly...feathers. It has a communication with the palate, and whei filled with air, looks like a spire ; when empty it becomes pendulous. His note is loud am1 clear,... | |
 | Charles Waterton - 1828 - 362 pages
...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...spire ; when empty, it becomes pendulous. His note sECOND * J ' F JOURNEY. is loud and clear, like the sound of a bell, and may be heard at the distance... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 284 pages
...by the Indians, and Bell-bird by the English. He is about the size of a jay. His plumage is as white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube, nearly...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 the extensive wilds, generally... | |
 | S. Waring - 1832 - 286 pages
...by the Indians, and Bell-bird by the English. He is about the size of a jay. His plumage is as white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube, nearly...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 the extensive wilds, generally... | |
 | Religious Tract Society (Great Britain) - 1835 - 604 pages
...THE CAMPANEUO. The Campanero, says Waterton, " is about the size of the jay ; his plumage is white as snow. On his forehead rises a spiral tube nearly...inches long ; it is jet black, dotted all over with white feathers : it has a communication with the palate, and when filled with air looks like a spire... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 412 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1844 - 490 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1843 - 402 pages
...plumage is white as snow. On its forehead rises a spiral tube, nearly three inches long. It is jet-black, dotted all over with small white feathers. It has...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, —... | |
 | Sydney Smith - 1844 - 348 pages
...jay. His plumage is white as snow. On hie forehead rises a spiral tube about three inches long. It ie jet black, dotted all over with small white feathers....spire ; when empty, it becomes pendulous. His note ie loud and clear, like the sound of a bell, and may be heard at the distance of three miles. In the... | |
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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,... 
