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Calyptorhynchus funereus. 



YKLLnW-TAILKl.) liLAC'K OOCKATUO. 

 Fsiltaciis I'lnifri'us, Sliaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 1.SU (ITiS'.l). 



■Cali/pior/iifiir/ius fiiiin-p.ns, GoukI, Bds. Austr., fol. Vol. V., pi. 1 1 (184S); jr/., Haiidbk. Bds. Austr,, 

 Vol.11., p. 20 (ISG.T) ; Siilvad., Cat. Bds. ISrit. Miis., Vol. XX., p. I(i7 ( IS'Jl) ; Slmi-pe, 

 Hand-I. r.ds., Vol. il., p. 10 (1900) ; Salvad., Has, 1 DOG, p. 120. 



Adult MALK. — Vrneral cu/our nbore ami /m/oiv brdirnifli-black, ivilh palm- mari/ins In most of the 

 JfalliiTS, those of tlie forehiail and cheeks ore n more deci<l''i( )il<irk, and thosr of tin- loicer breast aiid 

 (didomea a clearer broaii aial. Iiariny dull slraa_--i/eUoa' tiiar<jiiis, as alsu lain- tin under unni-eoverls ; 

 ear corerts n-a.r jielloa' : centrals jiaer of tail-fenthi rs broimiislidjlaek, tlte remainder broa'nish-black 

 crossed, except a narmn} mart/in on the unter ayb, leilti a liroad yrlloie band n-leieh is nnnuleli/ 

 freckled and spotted iritlt bneivnislt-blaek : bill <jrr^/ish-bl((ck; bys and feet dull mealy lirun-n : iris 

 bronnishdjlaek. Total h nytli in tlo- jbsh ,.''/ iiiclns, iriiu/ Jli, tail l\'f, bill .', tarsns J'l. 



Adult KKSLi^LK — Similar in jilannit/r to till' iniih, but as a rnlr thf i/ellmr bur mi the tail-fathers 

 is thickli/ eorered iritli broken :i\i-:aij li'nes ot blackishdiroirn. 



Disi.ribntion — (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Kangaroo Island. 



, 1'" the l>lack Cockatoos inhabiting .Vustralia, 

 the present species is probably better 

 known owing to its wide distribution and frequent- 

 ing the more inhabited portions of the Eastern 

 States. Its favourite haunts are the coastal dis- 

 tricts and contiguous mountain ranges, and the 

 adjacent open forest lands, its range extending 

 from the neighbourhood of the Herbert River, in 

 North-eastern Queensland, throughout ICastern 

 New South Wales into \ ictoria, the eastern parts 

 of South Australia and Kangaroo Island. 1 have 

 met with it in many parts of \'ictoria, but more 

 often in the mountainous country of Gippsland 

 and around Ballarat and Creswick. It is the only 

 species inhabiting the neighbourhood of Sydney, 

 and it may be found all the year about the upper 

 parts of Middle Harbour, venturing occasionally 

 into the more cleared parts about Koseville and 

 I.indtield and the suburbs farther north on the 

 highlands of Milson's I'oint Railway Line. What 

 is now known in Koseville Park as " The Glen," 

 abutting on Middle Harbour, was one of their 

 favourite haunts, but since it has been cleared of 

 its undergrowth, and paths made through it, like 

 the Lyre-bird this species is now seldom seen there. 

 Usually they are seen in pairs or small flocks of four or five individuals, but on the 28th August, 

 1900, I counted twenty as they Hew over my house at Roseville, the largest number I ha\e ever 

 seen in this locality. On the 15th February, igog, a flock of eight birds also tlew o\er. They 

 have a slow laboured flight, and when on the wing is the time they usually utter their somewhat 



YELLOW-TAILKD BLACK COCKATOO. 



