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was the first specific appellation assigned to this species. The 

 name of the illustrious Banks will ever be retained as the 

 distinctive designation of this noble and ornamental bird; 

 and I would that it were in my power to write as many pages 

 respecting its habits and economy as I have written lines ; but 

 this task must devolve upon some future historian of the 

 productions of a country teeming with the highest interest, 

 who will doubtless find occupation in investigating the minute 

 details of that respecting which I am only able to give a 

 general outline. 



The male has the entire plumage glossy greenish black, 

 with a broad band of rich deep vermilion across the middle 

 of all but the two central tail-feathers, and the external web 

 of the outer feather on each side ; feet mealy brown ; bill in 

 young specimens greyish white, in old specimens black. 



The female has the general plumage glossy greenish black, 

 each feather of the head, sides of the neck, and wing-coverts 

 pale yellow ; under surface crossed by narrow irregular bars 

 of pale yellow, becoming fainter on the abdomen ; under 

 tail-coverts crossed by narrow freckled bars of yellowish red ; 

 tail banded with red, passing into sulphur-yellow on the inner 

 margins of the feathers, and interrupted by numerous narrow 

 irregular bars and freckles of black. 



Sp. 398. CALYPTORHYNCHUS MACRORHYNCHUS, 



Gould. 



Great-billed Black Cockatoo. 



Calyptorhynchus macrorhynchuSy Gould in Proc. of Zool. Soc, part x. 



p. 138. 

 Lar-a-wuk, Natives of Taratong. 



Caljrptorhynchus macrorhynchus, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., 

 vol. V. pi. 8. 



All the examples of this species that have come under my 

 notice have been collected at Port Essington, where it is 



