The TRUE BELL BIRD (_Chasmarhynchus carunculatus_) is entirely
snow-white. The male is furnished with a very remarkable wattle at the
base of the beak, which is hollow, black, and muscular. When the bird is
under the influence of no emotion, this wattle is flaccid and pendent,
but when excited he raises and inflates this fleshy horn until it attains
a length of about two inches, and a thickness of half an inch at its
root. Schomburghk tells us that the female is larger than her mate, but
her fleshy lappet is proportionately considerably smaller. The young
resemble the mother, and present a very remarkable appearance whilst in
their state of transition.