42 



Cockatoo (C goffini) is very much like Ducorp's, and 

 the two are sometimes confounded, but the naked 

 skin in ihe Goffin is white with onl}^ a tinge of bkie. 

 This species is said to be the most affectionate and 

 companionable of all. The Bare - eyed Cockatoo 

 (C gymnopsis) is another species which has the peri- 

 opthalmic region bare of feathers, but in this bird the 

 naked space instead of being circular is prolonged 

 downwards so as to be irregular in shape. The 

 Nasecus or Slender-billed Cockatoo (^Licmetis nasicd) 

 is distinguished by the projecting upper mandible. 



M}^ space will only allow me to mention the 

 Great Sulphur- crested Cockatoo (C galerita), the 

 Lesser Sulphur- crested (C sulphured), the Great 

 White Cockatoo (C alba), and Leadbeater's (C 

 ■leadbeateri). 



(To be con tinned J. 



IBritisb Bir&5 at tbc Crvstal palace 



{Co7iiifiued from page 18) 

 By H. J. FuLTjAMES. 



Class 114. Magpie, Jackdaw, Jay and Chough, 

 {15). In this class the Judge was instructed to give 

 one prize to each species, and not to consider a second 

 bird of a kind until after the four prizes had been 

 awarded. A most unfair regulation, which resulted in 

 the prizes being given very differenth' from the way in 

 which they would otherwise have gone. Given good 

 birds of each species, wdiich is of course a certaint}- 

 at the Palace, the positions were a foregone con- 

 clusion — Chough ist, Magpie 2nd, Jay 3rd, Jackdaw 

 4th, and this, naturalh% is how they were placed. It 

 is strange that owners can be found willing to pay 2/- 

 €ntry fee, and the expense of conveying large cages to 



