20 BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA. 



" does not cut ofip the branches of trees hke the C.fanereiis, 

 but cuts off May-ryhor-ro and Mun-mow (the fruit of two 

 species of Pcrsoonia), without however eating them, before 

 they are ripe, to the great injury and vexation of the natives." 



The adult male may at all times be distinguished from the 

 female by the broad band of scarlet on the tail. The females 

 and males dming the first year have this part banded with 

 black. 



The old male has the entire plumage glossy greenish black, 

 washed with brown on the head and neck, with a broad band 

 of deep vermilion across the middle of all but the two centre 

 tail-feathers, and the external web of the outer feather on 

 each side ; irides very dark brown ; orbits mealy black in 

 some, in others pinky; bill dark horn-colour; feet mealy 

 black. 



The females and young males differ in having the head and 

 neck browner than in the adult male, and in having the 

 scarlet band on the tail crossed by narrow bands of greenish 

 black. 



Sp.401. CALYPTORHYNCHUS FUNEREUS. 



Funereal Cockatoo. 



Psittacus funereus, Shaw, Nat. Misc., pi. 186. 

 Funereal Cockatoo, Lath. Gen. Hist., vol. ii. p. 202. 

 Calyptorhynchus funereus, Vig. and Horsf. in Linn. Trans., vol. xv. 



p. 271. 

 Plydolophus funeralis, Swains. Class, of Birds, vol. ii. p. 302. 

 Cacatua banksii, p., Vieill. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., torn. xvii. p. 9. 

 Psittacus [Banksianus] australis, p., Less. Traite d'Orn., p. 180. 



{Kakadoe) funereus, Kuhl, Cousp, Psitt., pp. 12, 89. 



Wy-la, Aborigines of the Upper Hunter in New South Wales. 



Calyptorhynchus funereus, Gould, Birds of Australia, fol., vol. v. 

 pi. 11. 



Although not the most powerful in its mandibles, the 

 present bird is the largest species of the genus to which it 



