NEW SOUTH WALES. 



43" 



blue ; back part of the head green ; prime 

 quills dusky, barred with yellow. The belly 

 is of a fine blue, thighs green and yellow ; 

 breast red and yellow mixed ; back and wings 

 green ; prime quills dusky, barred with yellow; 

 tail cuneiform, with the two middle feathers 

 green ; the others are the same only with yel- 

 low outer edges ; the legs are dusky. 



BLACK OR BANKSIAN COCKATOO. 



The general colour of the black Cockatoo 

 of New South Wales is a rusty black, with 

 long feathers on the head, on the top of which 

 is a fine mixture of yellow. The beak is brown, 

 and on the under side of the tail are several fine 

 scarlet feathers, with black markings and tips. 



FULLIGINOUS PETERIL. 



The beak of this bird is of a pale yellow hue, 

 but the bird is in all other parts of a deep brown 

 or blackish colour; except that on the chin 

 there is a marking of white descending from 

 the lower mandible. This bird is most cer- 

 tainly only a variety of the iEquinoctiaJis of 

 Linnreus. 



In size it equals the English Raven. 



white Vented crow. 



Tuts bird in shape and size resembles the 

 English Magpye. It is black, except the base 



