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LESSER SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO. 



Ptyctolophus sulphureus. VIEILLOT. 

 PLATE XIV. 



Plyctolophus sulphureus, Learns Parrots. Psittacus sul- 

 phurous, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 105, sp. 81 ; Shawls ZooL 

 vol. viii. p. 480, pi. 73. Cacatua sulphurea, Wagler^ 

 Mon. Psitt. in Abhand. $c. p. 695, sp. 7 Lesser White 

 Cockatoo, with yellow crest, Edwards, 7, t. 317. 



THIS species we frequently see in confinement ; 

 for though rarely able to articulate more than a fev 

 words, its handsome appearance, docile disposition, 

 and amusing habits, render it a great favourite with 

 those who delight in feathered pets. It is kind and 

 affectionate to those it is accustomed to see, and 

 who feed and take care of it; but suspicious of 

 strangers, whose caresses it rarely admits of with 

 impunity. When alarmed or irritated, it erects the 

 crest to the fullest extent, making a peculiar noise ; 

 at other times it is kept depressed, and hanging over 

 the nape of the neck. 



The general plumage of the body is white, slight- 

 ly tinted upon the breast, sides, and inner wing-co- 

 verts with pale sulphur yellow. The crest, in form 



