CATALOGUE OF THE BIRDS 



IN THE 



MUSEUM OE THE ASIATIC SOCIETY, 



CALCUTTA. 



Class AVES. 



Order I. SCANSORES. 

 Fam. PSITTACID.E. 



Subfam. CACATUIN^. (Cockatoos). 

 Genus Calyptorhynchxjs, Vigors and Horsfield. 



1. C. FUNEREUS (Gould's B. A. Vol. V, pi. 11.) 



Syn. Psittacus funereus, Shaw. 



Ply ctolophus f liner alls, Swainson. 

 Hab. N. S. Wales. 



A. Specimen presented by the Sydney Institution (1846.) 



B. Do., purchased (1847). 



Subgenus CALLOCEPHALON, Lesson. 



2. C. GALEATUM (Gould's B. A. Vol. V, pi. 14.) 



Syn. Psittacus galeatus, Latham. 



Callocephalon austraJe, Lesson. 

 Hab. S. Australia ; Islands in Bass's Straits ; V. D. Land. 

 A. Male, presented by W. Cracroft, Esq. (1837). 

 Genus Cacatua, Brisson. 



3. C. MOLUccENsis (Lear's Psittacidce, pi. 2.) 



Syn. Psittacus moJiiccensis. Gmelin. 

 Ps. rosaceus, Latham. 

 Cacatua rubrocristata, Brisson. 



C. erythrolophus. Lesson. 

 Hab. Moluccas. 



A. Male (wings expanded.) Presented by S. G. T. Heatly, 

 Esq. (1845). 



B. Do. Presented by H. W. Torrens, Esq. (1842). 



C. Male, and D. Female. Purchased. (1844-6.) 



3 (A). C. CRiSTATA (Daubenton's PI. Enl. 263). 

 Syn. Psittacus cristatus, L. 



Cacatua leucolophos. Lesson. 

 Hab. Phihppines. 



A. Female. Presented by Babu Kajondra Mallika (1819). 



