Ogden Daily Standard | 1903-04-20 | Page 2 | Birds That Make Queer Noises

bird that biake queer the bellbird or campanero campa la found in south america and also in africa can be beard at a distance of three miles ita note is like the tolling of a distant church bell and Is uttered during the heat of the day when every other bird has ceased to sing and nature Is hushed and silent how the bellbird utters this deep loud note is not known though it is supposed that a fleshy protuberance on its head when inflated with air stands up like a horn is in some way the cause of it the hornbill a bird which is widely distributed in india the malay and africa has also a very loud note its call baa been described as between the shriek of a locomotive and the bray of a donkey and can be beard a distance of about a couple of miles the barking bird also utters n deiy loud note indeed it Is impossible to distinguish it from the bark of a dop its english name saya darwin Is well given tor I 1 defy any one at first to feel certain that a small dog is not yelping somewhere in the forest the toucan has also the same peculiarity