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Australia and Tasmania, is the best known species. It is 

 white in plumage, with a long, narrow, yeljow crest, and 

 a tinge of the same shade in the tail feathers. Great quan- 

 tities of adult birds are netted in Australia, and these form 

 the bulk of the shipments which reach this country. Such 

 birds are exceedingly wild and intractable, and become tame 

 only after the most persistent efforts on the part of the 

 owner. Young, hand-reared birds occasionally are seen, 

 and such specimens should be sought for. 



The Red-crested Cockatoo (C. moluccensis) , of Ceram, 

 is the finest of all. It is a large bird, rose-tinted white in 

 color, with the longer feathers of the full crest bright 

 vermilion. It is not common in captivity, but the few speci- 

 mens seen are invariably hand-reared and enchantingly 

 tame. 



The Great White Cockatoo (C. alba) is similar to the 

 foregoing, but is slightly smaller and white in color, with 

 the exception of an infusion of yellow in the wings and 

 tail. The crest is longer than in the Red-crested. It is a 

 native of the Molucca Islands. 



The Leadbeater Cockatoo (C. leadheateri) is an Aus- 

 tralian bird. It is exceedingly handsome, being white above, 

 with the head, neck and underparts strongly suffused with 

 rosy pink. The crest is white at the tip and reddish at the 

 base, with an intermediate band of yellow. When thrown 

 up in display, the effect is very attractive. 



The Roseate or " Rosa " Cockatoo (C. roseicapilla) is 

 the only common species which is not white in the main. It 

 is a really lovely bird, pale gray above with the crown pink- 

 ish-white, while the neck, breast and underparts are deep 

 rose. It is very abundant in Australia, where it is known 

 as the Galah, and is shipped in large numbers by the catch- 

 ers. Specimens offered by dealers are invariably very wild 

 and are difficult to tame. Although it is one of the poorest 



