The BARE-NECKED BELL BIRD (_Chasmarhynchus nudicollis_). This bird,
which is called "The Blacksmith" by the Brazilians, is entirely of a
pure snow-white, with the exception of the bridles and throat, which
are bare and of the colour of verdigris. The eyes are greyish brown, the
beak black, and the feet flesh-pink. The length of this species is about
ten, and its breadth nineteen inches; the wing measures nine inches and
three-quarters, and the tail three inches and a quarter. The female is
not quite so large as her mate, she is black upon the throat and top of
the head; the upper part of her body is of a siskin-green, the under side
yellow, longitudinally spotted with black, and streaked with whitish and
yellowish lines upon the throat. The young male resembles the mother
until it is one year old, when it acquires white spots, and only in its
third year appears in the garb of the adult.