494 CLASS AVES. . 



Great White Cockatoo. P. Cristatus. Enl. 265. 



White, with large crest, which is red on the under 

 side in the males. Molucca Islands. 



Philippine Cockatoo. P. Philippinarum. Enl. 191. 



White ; vent and under tail, red ; crest, bright yel- 

 low at base ; white at the top. Malacca. 



Molucca Cockatoo. P. Moluccensis. Enl. 496. 



White, with a slight rosy tint ; middle feathers of 

 crest, red ; the rest white ; under tail and wings, 

 saffron. Molucca and Sumatra. 



Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. P. Sulfureus. 

 Enl. 14. 



White, with pointed sulphur-coloured crest, and spot 

 beneath the eye. Size of common grey parrot. 

 Molucca. 



Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo. P. Galeritus, 

 White at p. 237. 



Like the last, but as big as a cock. New Holland. 



Nascian Cockatoo. Ps. Nasicus. Tem. Col. 831. 



White, with obscure waves; round the eye, red; before 

 it, an orange spot ; cheeks and throat, with lunule 

 spots ; under tail, yellow. New Holland. 



Some species of these lately discovered in New 

 Holland have the crest more simple, less mobile, and 

 composed of large and moderately long feathers. 

 They subsist especially on roots. 



