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IN AUSTRALIAN WILDS 



Galah had been noticed in company with several 

 hundreds of the ordinary type, and the trappers were 

 anxious to secure it, such specimens being worth 

 anything up to 5. From a nest in the Jerilderie 

 district each season, for three years, two albino nest- 

 lings were taken, and all were reared. 



YOUNG NATIVE COMPANION. 



Bidding farewell to our hosts and the trappers, 

 we started in the j inker for Yanco Creek. To pass 

 the time, we talked of many things, one subject being 

 the longevity of Parrots and Cockatoos. A White 

 or Sulphur-crested Cockatoo [Cacatua galerita], 

 owned by Mrs. S. Bennett, of Tom Ugly's Point, Syd- 

 ney, was a Methuselah. "Cocky Bennett" was 118 years 

 old when he died. Captain George Ellis bequeathed 



