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which partially deviate from the characteristic colouring of their 

 respective congeners, bring the two groups into immediate 

 contact. 



1. Banksii. C. atro-nitens, subtns fuivescenti-undulatus, cupite 



tectricibusque jiavescenti-muculatis, rcctricibus lateralibus me- 

 dio coccineis nigro-fasciatis subtus flavescentibus. 



Psittacus Banksii. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 107. no. 76. Kuhl, J^ova 

 Acta 4^c. vol. 10. p. 90. no. l63. 



Psittacus magnificus. Shaw, Nat. Misc. pi. 50. 



Banksian Cockatoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii.p. 199- fio. 128.^/.xxvii. 

 Phill. Bot. Bail, pi. in p. 267. Whites Jonrn. pi. in p. 139- 



" The native name of these birds," says Mr. Caley, " is Gerin- 

 gora. I have met with them in various parts of the country. 

 In the north rocks, a few miles to the northward of Paramatta, I 

 have frequently seen them, but never many together. The 

 natives tell me it breeds in the winter in Mnn'ning-trees, or 

 Blood-trees of the colonists (a species of Eucalyptus). It makes 

 no other nest than of the vegetable mould formed by the decay 

 of the tree. It cuts oïï the small branches of the Oak-trees (a 

 species of Casuarina), but makes no Co'tora. It has three young- 

 ones, but of the eggs I could obtain no information." 



2. FuNEREUS. C. niger, subtus nigricanti-brunneus, regione pa- 



rot ica Jîavâ, rcctricibus lateralibus medio flavicantibus nigro- 



imbutis. 

 Psittacus funereus. Shazi\ Nat. Misc. pi. 186. Kuhl, Nova 



Acta 4-c. vol. 10. p. 89. no. 16 1. 

 Funereal Cockatoo. Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 202. no. 131. 



Mr. Caley thus observes upon this bird. " Its native name 

 is JVy'la, so called from the similitude of that word to the sound 

 which it makes. I have never seen them together in any num- 

 bers. 



