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secundariis, rectricibusque caudce per partem hasalem dimidiam 

 cerino marginatis ,- gulct albd, pectore et lateribus e rubro-luteolis ; 

 abdomine medio, et crlsso albis. 

 Head dark grey ; all the upper surface brown ; wings and tail darker 

 brown ; primaries, secondaries, and basal half of the tail-feathers mar- 

 gined with wax-yellow ; throat pure white ; chest and flanks reddish 

 buff; centre of the abdomen and under tail-coverts white; irides 

 bright reddish brown ; bill blackish grey ; feet bluish grey. 

 I'otal length, 4| inches ; bill, | ; wing, 2| ; tail, 2 ; tarsi, f . 

 The female is similar, but much less brilliant in colour than her 

 mate. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchus. Cal. mas fulgide e ca- 

 ruleo-niger, rectricibus caudce tribus externis {externce pogonio 

 externa excepto) fere apud medium vittd latd pulchre coccinedfas- 

 ciatis. 

 Fcem. a mari differt plumis crista, laterum capitis, tectricumque 

 alarum flavido-guttatis, singulis plumis corporis inferioris, et prce- 

 sertim pectoris fasciis nonnullis luteolis ornatis ; rectricibus caudcd 

 tribus externis subtiis, crebre et irregulariter flavido-fasciatis ; su- 

 pra ad basin fasciis nitid^ flavis ad basin, exinde ad apicem pal- 

 lide coccineis notatis. 

 Male. — The whole of the plumage glossy bluish black ; lateral 

 tail-feathers, except the external web of the outer one, crossed by a 

 broad band of fine scarlet ; bill horn-colour ; irides blackish brown ; 

 feet mealy blackish brown. 



Female. — General plumage as in the male, but with the crest- 

 feathers, those on the sides of the face and neck, and the wing- 

 coverts, spotted with light yellow ; each feather of the under surface, 

 but particularly the chest, crossed by several semicircular fasciae of 

 yellowish buff ; lateral tail-feathers crossed on the under surface by 

 numerous irregular bands of dull yellow, which are broad and freckled 

 with black at the base of the tail, and become narrower and more 

 irregular as they approach the tip ; on the upper surface of the tail 

 these bands are bright yellow at the base of the feathers, and gra- 

 dually change into pale scarlet as they approach the tip ; irides 

 blackish brown. 



Total length, 2 inches ; bill, 1| in length and 3 in depth ; wing, 1 6 ; 

 tail, 12; tarsi, 1. 



Hab. Port Essington. 



Cacatua sanguinea. Cac. corpore albo, plumis faciei, ad basin 



sanguineo-tinctis ; primariis, secundariis et rectricibus caudtB, cum 



pogoniis internis ad basin sulphui'eis. 



All the plumage white ; base of the feathers of the lores and sides 



of the face stained with patches of blood-red ; base of the inner webs 



of the primaries, secondaries and tail-feathers fine sulphur-yellow ; 



bill yellowish white ; feet mealy brown. 



Total length, 15 inches ; bill, 1^ ; wing, lOf ; tail, 6 ; tarsi, J. 

 Hab. North coast of Australia. 

 Ann. ^ Mac/. N. Hist. Vol. xii. F 



