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480. C banksi, Lath. , Banksian Black Cockatoo. 



No light patch on ear coverts ; tail band red in adult males ; red, 

 more or less tinged with j'ellow and crossed with narrow black 

 bands, in young birds ; head and neck like body — glossy greenish- 

 black ; total length, about 24 in. 



Young. — Head spotted yellow ; under surface barred yellow. 

 Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 7. 



4S1. C stellatllS, Wagl. (C. naso, Gld.), Red-tailed Cockatoo (Western 

 Black Cockatoo). 

 Differs from C. banksi and C. macrorhynchus in being smaller, 

 with a shorter crest. 



Total length, about 22 in. 

 Zool. Soc. Lond., 1898, part iii., p. 355. 

 Hab. : 8, 9. 



482. C. lliaerorhyiiclius, Gld., Great-billed Cockatoo. 



No light patch on ear coverts ; tail band red in adult males, more 

 or less tinged with yellow and crossed with narrow black bands in 

 young birds ; head and neck, like body, glossy greenish-black ; total 

 length, aboitt 24 in. ; bill larger and much more powerful than 

 C. banksi. 



Young. — Head yellow-spotted ; under surface barred yellow. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 8. 



483. C viriclis, Vieill. (C. solandri, Temm.), Leach Cockatoo. 



No light patch on ear coverts ; tail band red in adult males ; red, 

 more or less tinged with yellow and crossed with narrow black 

 bands, in young birds ; head and neck brown ; upper parts glossy 

 greenish-black. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 6, 7. 



Genus— CALLOCEPHALON. —Cere feathered. 



484. C. galeatlim- Lath , Gang-Gang Cockatoo. 



Slaty-grey; nearly all feathers edged with greyish-white; pileum, 

 crest, and cheeks fine scarlet. Female. — Crest grey. 

 Hab. : 3, 4, 5. 



Gesus— CACATUA. — General colour white or rosy-white ; hook of bill 

 nearly perpendicular. 



485. C galerita* Lath., White Cockatoo. 



Crest feathers narrow and recurved at extremity : crest yellow ; 

 cere naked ; body feathers white ; naked skin round the eyes white. 

 Hab. : 1 to 9. 



486. C. leadbeateri, Vigors, Pink Cockatoo (Major Mitchell). 



General plumage pink and w"hite ; ci'est feathers narrow and 

 recurved at extremity ; crest vermilion at the base, with a yellow 

 baud in the middle of the vermilion part, white at the tip ; cere 

 feathered. 



Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



487. 0. sailg'Uillca Gld., Blood-stained Cockatoo. 



VV hite ; base of feathers of lores and sides of face bicod-red 

 patches ; naked skin round eyes white, and nearly circular. 

 Total length, 14 in. ; wing, 10 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 3, 7. 



488. C. gyillliopis, Sclater, Bare-eyed Cockatoo. 



VVhite ; forehead and lores stained with red ; naked skin round 

 eyes blue, and largely extended into a bare open space below. 

 Total length, 16 in. ; wing, 11 in. 

 Hab. : 1, 2, 6, 7, 8. 



