260 



PARROT. 



66. 



BLACK 



COCKATOO. 



Description. 



Le Kakatoes noir, Buf. oif. vi. p. 97. 

 Great black Cockatoo, Ediu. glean, pi. 316. 



Fwe may judge by the fize of the head which accompanies the 



drawing of this bird in Edwards, it muft at lead: be of the fize 

 of the red and blue Maccaw, if not bigger. The general colour 

 is black, with a large creft on the head, of a colour fomewhat 

 more pale than the reft of the plumage : the bill is dufky brown : 

 the eye dark : fide of the head, from the eyes to the under man- 

 dible, bare of feathers, wrinkled, and of a red colour : the legs 

 brown black. 



This was taken from a drawing done by order of Governor 

 Loten at Ceylon. 



In Parkinfon's voyage * are mentioned black Cockatoos of a large 

 fize, having white fpots between the beak and ear, as well as on 

 each wing, and fcarlet and orange coloured feathers on their 

 tails. 



Thefe were met with on the coaft of New Holland, in the 

 South Seas. 



67. 

 RED AND 



WHITE 

 PARROT. 



Description. 



Pfittacus eryttiroleucus, Lin. Syft. i. p. 144. N° 23. 



Le Kakatoes a ailes & queue rouges, Brif. orn. iv. p. 214. N° 12:. 



' Buf. oif. vi. p. 96. 



Pfittacus erythroleucos Aldrovandi, Rati Syn. p. 31. N°8. 

 Red and white Parrot of Aldrovandus, Will. orn. p. 114. N° 8. 



CIZE of a large Fowl : length feventeen inches. Bill black : 

 head, throat, neck, back, fides, thighs, fcapulars, and upper 



* P. 144. See alfo HaivAfw. Fey, vol. ii. p. 18, 



and 



