473. G. porphyrocephalllS, Dietr., Purple-crowned Lorikeet. 

 No red in cheeks ; ear coverts yellow, 



head ; crown purple. 

 Hab. : 6, 7, 9. 



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r., Purpl( 



mixed with red, like fore- 



474. G. pUSillllS, Shaw, Little Lorikeet. 



Cheeks, as well as forehead and chin all round the base of bill, 

 red ; general colour green. 



Hab. : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



FAMILY OYCLOPSITTACIDJE. 



Bill deeper than long, much swollen on sides ; under mandible with gonys 

 strongly curved and abruptly ascending towards tip. 



GENUS CYCLOPSITTACUS. Gonys flattened and ridged. 



475. C. COXeni, Gld. , Blue-faced Lorilet (Coxen's Fig Parrakeet). 



General plumage green ; across forehead a narrow band of red, 

 the centre tipped with blue ; blue patch under ear coverts ; 

 primaries margined blue ; tail short and wholly green. 



Total length, 7 in. ; wing, 3 '9 in. 

 Hab. : 3. 



476. C. maccoyi, Gld. (C. macleayana), Red-faced Lorilet (Sir Wm. 



Macleay's Fig Parrakeet). 



Smaller than preceding species ; wing, 3J in. ; a broad patch of 

 red on middle of forehead ; a broad red band across cheeks in male ; 

 female without red on cheeks, which are grey tinged with blue. 



Hab. : 2. 



FAMILY CACATUID^E. 



Hook of the bill beneath, with two lateral series of ridges more or less 

 transversal or oblique, producing a file-like surface ; head crested ; 

 orbital ring complete, with a process bridging the temporal fossa ; 

 tongue simple ; sternum complete. 



SUB-FAMILY 

 Tail feathers broad, not pointed. 



GENUS MICROGLOSSUS. Cheeks entirely naked. 



477. M. aterrimilS, Gmelin, Palm Cockatoo. 



Slaty- black ; forehead and lores deep velvety black ; a long crest 

 of narrow feathers on the head. 

 Hab. : 2. 



GENUS CALYPTORHYNCHUS. Colour black, principally; cheeks 



feathered. 



478. . baildini, Vigors, White-tailed Cockatoo. 



Blackish-brown ; has a light patch on ear coverts ; tail banded 

 with white. 



Hab. : 9. 



479. C. fimereilS, Shaw (includes var. C. xanothonotus, Ramsay), Black 



Cockatoo. 



Brownish-black ; has a yellow patch on ear coverts and tail 

 banded with yellow ; wing, 18 in. to 16 in. Wing of C. xanothonotus 

 measures 15 in. to 14 in. Gradation has been clearly shown between 

 these forms. 



Hab. : 3, 4, 5, 6. 



