CH AFTER XXIV. 



I HIS is a nice bird, about the size of the Rosy 

 Cockatoo: the crest, which is of a deep sulphur 

 or brimstone colour, is inclined forwards like that of 

 the latter species : the general colour of the plumage is 

 white, with a yellow tinge on the under side of the 

 wing and tail feathers. The bill, which is of compar- 

 atively large size, is black, but the white powder so 

 largely secreted by all the Cockatoos, and especially 

 by this one, gives it a grey appearance. The eye of 

 the male is black, and that of the female brown. 



The one I had was a nice quiet bird, not much of 

 a talker, but she could whistle fairly well: she lived 

 on bird-seed, biscuit and fruit, had nuts occasionally, 

 and wood always to bite and play with. Water of 

 course. Somehow she contrived to get very dirty as 

 to her plumage, so she had to be occasionally bathed, 

 for she would not voluntarily "tub". 



One day she fell ill, and surprised the family by 



