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bell-bird|ˈbɛlbɜːd|
[f. bell n.1 + bird n.]
A name given to two distinct birds, the Procnias carunculata or Campanero of Brazil, and the Myzantha melanophrys of Australia, both remarkable for their clear ringing notes. Also used as the name of various birds with a clear ringing call.
1802Barrington Hist. New S. Wales viii. 284 The cry of the bell-bird seems to be unknown here. 1825Waterton Wand. S. Amer. 117 The celebrated Campanero of the Spaniards, called..bell-bird by the English. 1828Wordsworth On Power of Sound ii, Toll from thy loftiest perch, lone bell-bird, toll. 1845E. J. Wakefield Adv. N. Zealand I. 23 The melodious chimes of the bell-bird were especially distinct. a1848Bp. Stanley Fam. Hist. Birds iv. (1854) 60 The Bell-Bird's note was borne upon the wind. 1865Ibis I. 90 The Costa-Rican Bell-bird (Chasmorhynchus tricarunculatus). 1868Wood Homes without H. xxv. 470 To this group [the Honey-eaters] belong many..species, such as that which produces a sound like the tinkling of a bell and is in consequence called the Bell-bird. 1882W. L. Buller Man. Birds N.Z. 11 Anthornis melanura..Bell-bird. Mocker. Kori⁓mako. Makomako. 1887Ibid. (ed. 2) I. 92 Anthornis Melanocephala. (Chatham-Island Bell-Bird.) 1903Westm. Gaz. 28 Oct. 12/2 The Banded Bell-Bird..(Cotinga cincta). 1966G. M. Durrell Two in Bush i. 45 A Bellbird..entertained us with a concert of wonderful, flute-like notes, wild, liquid and beautiful. |