LEADBEATER'S COCKATOO. 



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The remarkably handsome bird which is represented below is a na- 

 tive of Australia. It is called by several names, such as the Tricolor 

 Crested Cockatoo and the Pink Cockatoo, by which name it is 

 known to the colonists. The title of Leadbeater's Cockatoo was 

 given to the bird in honor of the well-known naturalist, who possessed 

 the first specimen brought to England. 



It is not so noisy as the common species, and may possibly prove a 

 favorite inhabitant of our aviaries, its soft blush-white plumage ?nd 

 splendid crest well 

 meriting the atten- 

 tion of bird-fanciers. 

 The crest is remark- 

 able for its great de- 

 velopment, and for 

 the manner in which 

 the bird can raise it 

 like a fan over its 

 head or depress it 

 upon the back of its 

 neck at will. In 

 either case it has a 

 very fine effect, and 

 especially so when it 

 is elevated and the 

 bird is excited with 

 anger or pleasure. 



The general color 

 of this bird is white 

 with a slight pinkish 

 flush. Round the 

 base of the beak 

 runs a very narrow 

 crimson line, and the 

 feathers of the crest 

 are long and pointed, 

 each feather being 

 crimson at the base, 

 then broadly barred 

 with golden yellow, 

 then with crimson, 

 and the remainder 



is white. The neck, breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts are deeply 

 stained with crimson, and the under surface of the wing is deep crim- 

 son-red. The beak is pale grayish white, the eyes brown, and the feet 



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Leadbeater's Cockatoo (Cacafua Leodbeateri). 



