RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1868.03.17. B. Mus. ...Procnias corniculata. CUL-DAR84.2.59. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 80.
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B. Mus. March 17th 68 Procnias corniculata (see Ibis) the bell-bird - must be different from the bell-bird of Intellectual Observ. Jan '67 see Waterton's Wandering's p. 118 for habits. Males snow white with long thin filament from base of upper beak with tufts of minute feathers; female dusky green. Good case to show pure white sexually acquired - voice & filament highly remarkable. Often species
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of Procnias have astonishing long filaments above upper jaw, on sides of mouth & or on the throat.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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