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the middle of the tail, inftead of the colors above defcribed, is of a pale 

 dull yellow or ftraw-color, freckled all over with innumerable black irregular 

 fpecks ; in which ftate it is defcribed in the Naturalijl's Mifcellany, under the 

 title of Pfittacus funereus. The prefent plate fhews the magnificent or Bank- 

 fian Cockatoo in its moft beautiful ftate, in which the vivid crimfon of the 

 tail is ornamented by the black fafciae. This fpecies was difcovered during 

 the firft voyage of Sir Jofeph Banks to the Southern Hemifphere, and is a 

 native of New Holland. 



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