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species/ are only of value to the naturalist, but the latter are 

 capital eating, and are free from the bitterness that is characteristic 

 of many of the parrots. Cockatoo pie, I can assure my readers, is 

 really excellent. 



^ One of these, Tanygnathus hurhidgei, is, as far as is known, peculiar to the 

 Sulu Archipelago. 



