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NOISY AVIANS.
The bellbird, which makes perhaps, in its natural state, the greatestnoise of any known avian, is found both in South America and certainparts of Africa. Its voice will carry on a still day a distance ofquite three miles. Its note is like the tolling of a distant churchbell, and is uttered during the heat of the day, when every other birdhas ceased to sing and nature is hushed in silence. The hornbill, abird which is widely distributed in India, the Malay Archipelago, andAfrica, has also a very loud note. Its call has been described as"between the shriek of a locomotive and the bray of a donkey," and canbe heard a distance of a couple of miles.