CACATUA. O 



Genus CACATUA, Vieill. 

 Cacatua galerita (Lath.). 



Psittacus oaleritus, Thien. Fortpfanz. ges. Vb'g. p. 78, tab. xiv. fig. 13 



(1845-54). 

 Cacatua galerita, Gould, Hartdb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 2 (1865); North, 



Nests fy Eggs Austr. Birds, p. 250 (1889) ; Salvador*, Cat. Birds 



B. M. xx. p. 116 (1891); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 174 (1899); 



Sharpe, Hand-l ii. p. 10 '(1900); Campbell, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. 



Birds, ii. p. 611 (1901). 



The eggs of the Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo measure from 

 1-69 to 2-16 in length, and from 1-14 to l''6l in breadth. 



2. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Dawson River, Queensland, 16th Crowley Bequest. 



Sept. (North Coll.). 



1. Deniliquin, New South Wales, Crowley Bequest. 



16th Aug. (North Coll.). 



3. South Australia. Gould Coll. 



1. North Queensland. 14th June. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



Cacatua sulphur ea (6rm.). 



Cacatua sulphurea, Salvador!, Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 121 (1891); 

 Meyer 8f Wigksworth, Birds Celebes, i. p. 128 (1898) ; Nehrk. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 174 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 10 (1900). 



An egg of the Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo in the Collection 

 measures 1-6 by 1-12. 



1. Celebes (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Cacatua leadbeateri ( Vig.). 



Cacatua leadbeateri, Gould, Handb. Birds Austr. ii. p. 5 (1865) ; North, 

 Nests $ E(/gs Austr. Birds, p. 251, pi. 14. fig. 2 (1889) ; Salvador*, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 123 (1891); Sharpe, Hand-l. ii. p. 11 

 (1900) ; Campbell. Nests $ Eggs Austr. Birds, ii. p. 612 (1901). 



Two eggs of Leadbeater's Cockatoo measure respectively : 1-42 

 by 1-11 ; 1-37 by 1-05. 



2, Ivanhoe, New South Wales, 10th Crowley Bequest. 



Aug. (A. J. North). 



Cacatua goffini (Finsch): 



Cacatua goffini, Salvador!. Cat. Birds B. M. xx. p. 129 (1891) ; Sharpe, 

 Hand-l. ii. p. 11 (1900). 



Two eggs of Goffm's Cockatoo measure respectively : 1'56 by 1-1 ; 

 1-52 by 1-17. 



1. [Laid in confinement.] Crowley Bequest. 



1. [Laid in confinement, 19th Sept.] Crowley Bequest. 



