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whieh partially deviate from the characteristic colouring of their 
respective congeners, bring fhe two groups into immediate 
contact. 
1. Banxsit. C.atro-nitens, subtus flavescenti-undulatus, capite 
tectricibusque flavescenti-maculatis, rectricibus lateralibus me- 
dio coccineis nigro-fasciatis subtus flavescentibus. 
Psittacus Banksii. Lath. Ind. Orn. p.107. no. 76. Kuhl, Nova 
Acta &c. vol. 10. p. 90. no. 163. 
Psittacus magnificus. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 50. 
Banksian Cockatoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 199. no. 128. pl. xxvii. 
Phill. Bot. Bay, pl. in p.267. Whites Journ. pl. in p. 139. 
The native name of these birds,” says Mr. Caley, **is Gerin- 
gora. l have met with them in various parts of the country. 
In the north rocks, a few miles to the northward of Paramatta, I 
have frequently seen them, but never many together. The 
natives tell me it breeds in the winter in Munning-trees, or 
Blood-trees of the colonists (a species of Eucalyptus). lt makes 
no other nest than of the vegetable. mould formed by the decay 
of the tree. It cuts off the small branches of the Oak-trees (a 
species of Casuarina), but makes no Co'tora. It has three young 
ones, but of the eggs I could obtain no information." 
2. FuNEREUs. C.niger, subtus nigricanti-brunneus, regione pa- 
roticá flava, rectricibus lateralibus medio flavicantibus nigro- 
imbutis. | 
Psittacus funereus. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pl. 186. Kuhl, Nova 
Acta &c. vol. 10. p. 89. no. 161. 
Funereal Cockatoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 202. no. 131. 
Mr. Caley thus observes upon this bird. ‘Its native name 
is Wy'la, so called from the similitude of that word to the sound 
which it makes. I have never seen them together in any num- 
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