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and that the rosy tinge at the bases of the neck- and breast-feathers 
is wanting. 
From C. sanguinea, with which it has been hitherto generally con- 
founded, C. goffini is distinguishable not only by the characters 
pointed out by Dr. Finsch, but also by its much shorter and compa- 
ratively thicker toes and claws. This will be at once apparent upon 
comparing the specimen with the original type of C. sanguinea, 
which Mr. Gould has kindly lent me (see figures, p. 60). 
It appears, therefore, that there are ¢hree different species of the 
smaller division of White Cockatoos living in Australia, namely :— 
1. Cacatua sANGUINEA, Gould, from North Australia, figured, 
Gould, B. Austr. v. pl. 3. The only certain locality for this species 
appears to be Port Essington, where Mr. Gould’s type was obtained. 
2. CacATUA GYMNOPIS, Sclater, from the interior of South Aus- 
tralia*, 
Of this species I exhibit a beautiful figure of the typical specimen 
described P. Z. S. 1871, p. 493, which Mr. Gould has prepared for 
his second Supplement to the ‘ Birds of Australia.’ 
Both these species are perhaps more correctly referable to Licmetis, 
with which they agree in their long slender toes (see fig. 2, p. 60), 
naked skin round the eye, and more compressed bill. C. gymnopis 
is certainly intermediate between C. sanguinea and Licmetis nasica. 
It is a larger species than C. sanguinea. 
3. Cacatua GorFini (Finsch), from Queensland, of which I like- 
wise show a drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate X.) from one of our living 
specimens. 
Passing to the American Parrots now or lately in our collection, I 
exhibit the skin of a very fine example of Chrysotis guatemale, 
Hartlaub, with the blue head well developed+, the only living exam- 
ple I have ever met with of this species. 
I also exhibit an accurate drawing by Mr. Smit (Plate XI.) of Chry- 
sotis bouqueti (Bechst.), one of the rarest and least-known species of 
this extensive genus, from the individual living in our Gardens. I 
have noticed the arrival of this specimen on a former occasion (see 
P. Z. 8. 1874, p. 323) ; but it was then in bad plumage. Edwards’s 
figure, upon which the species was originally based, was likewise 
taken from a living specimen; and there is no example of it in any 
Museum known to Dr. Finsch. Its correct habitat is, as I had pre- 
viously conjectured (see P. Z.S. 1874, p. 324), the island of St. 
Lucia, where Mr. Nevill Holland obtained a living example, which 
is now in his possession. 
Besides these specialities, we have at present examples of several 
* As already stated (P. Z.S. 1871, p. 490), there is a specimen of this species 
in the British Museum, collected by Sturt in the interior of South Australia. It 
is therefore no doubt the Cacatua sanguinea of the Appendix to his ‘Travels 
in Central Australia,’ ii. p. 36. In Messrs. Salvin aud Godman’s collection is 
a Sa of this bird, obtained from Adelaide, and probably from the same 
district. 
t Purchased April 21, 1870; died Noy. 10, 1874. 
