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the head and neck as far as the upper part of the breast, are vermilion red, white at the tip ; a 

 vermilion stripe runs across the forehead, reaching to the back, and passes like a pair of eyebrows 

 over the eyes. There is also a crooked line of red upon the breast. The beak is light horn colour, 

 the feet ash grey. Some of the feathers near the cheeks can be raised at will. Gould considers that 

 there are two species of this bird, one of which is found in Western Australia or New South 

 Wales, the other is confined to Port Philip and Southern Australia. 



the nestor cockatoo (Nestor prodiutiu). 



The Nose Cockatoos seem rather to inhabit the interior than the neighbourhood of the sea-coast. 

 They assemble in large flocks, and spend the night and noonday upon the summits of the forest 

 trees ; passing, however, a considerable portion of their time on the ground, where they run, or 

 rather hop, somewhat slowly; their flight, on the contrary, is very rapid, and much lighter than 

 that of their congeners. Their food consists of corn and seeds, but principally of buds and the 

 bulbs of different plants, more especially of orchids, which they obtain by the help of their long 

 and curiously shaped beak. The breeding of these birds offers nothing unusual; their two 



