100 THE PINK AND GREAT BLACK COCKATOOS. 



Amid the white-robed, rosy-tinted family, he 

 alone is dressed in sable plumage. 



He is found in Australia, the land of Cockatoos, 

 and also in the Aru Islands, the home, as you 

 know, of the Birds of Paradise. 



His body is weak and small, and his legs are 

 feeble. But his wings are large, and he has a 

 monstrous head, with a splendid crest of black 

 feathers. His cheeks are a livid red, and he has 

 a strong sharp bill, that is capable of any amount 

 of work. 



He does not make a screaming noise, like the 

 rest of his tribe, but he has a low, plaintive 

 whistle. His tongue is a deep red colour, and is 

 like a tube with a curious horny plate at the end 

 of it. He can stretch or thrust out his tongue to 

 some distance, and is altogether the most curious 

 specimen of his race. 



In Australia, the Black Cockatoos will settle 

 now and then on one of the great gum-trees I 

 have spoken about. There they sidle up and 

 down the branches, after the true Parrot fashion, 

 and move their handsome top-knots up and down, 



