308 BIRDS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. 



5. LathajHus. L. discolor. Swift Parrakeet. 



(). Pyrrhulopsis. P. tabuensis. Feejee Parrakeet. 



P. personata. Masked Parrakeet. 



7. Nestor. N. hypopolius. Ka-Ka Parrot. 



N. notabilis. Mountain Ka-Ka 



Parrot. 



A tolerably lonf^ li.st, but by no means an exhaustive one. 

 As the first is the Great Lemojn'-Crested Cockatoo, so 

 common in many parts of Australia and Tasmania, we 

 feel bound to ^ive it a few words of welcome, for it is 

 really a <^rand creature, and a fjreat ornament to its native 

 country, whether seen flying at a great elevation above 

 the head of the spectator, or covering a hillside, as with 

 the aid of its powerful bill it digs out the roots, bulbs, and 

 ground-nuts, upon which it feeds, or fed before the white 

 man invailcl its happy hunting grounds ; but since then 

 its habits have somewhat changed, for, abandoning its 

 former laborious method of providing for its living, it pre- 

 fers the easier way of attacking the farmer's crop, to which, 

 as may be readily imagined, it does no small harm, so that 

 in some parts it has already been exterminated, and, in 

 course of time, will assuredly be extinguished everywhere. 



It is the size of an ordinary farm-yard fowl, only its long, 

 broad wings and tail, and its bold, upstanding, primrose- 

 coloured crest, give it a different and much more distin- 

 guished appearance ; the delicate tint of the crest contrasts 

 elegantly with the snow-white colour of the back and 

 breast, but the underside of the tail and wings have a 

 faint reflection of the sulphury hue so conspicious when 

 the top-knot is expanded. 



The Triton Cockatoo from New Guinea bears a con- 

 siderable resemblance to the last, as does also the Blue- 

 Eyed Cockatoo, but can be distinguished from it by the 



