CACATUA SANGUINEA. 



(Blood-stained Cockatoo.) 



Ceest, upper and under surface, wings, and tail, white ; the feathers next the bill and underneath the eye, spotted with blood red ; bases of 

 the inner webs, of the primaries, secondaries, and tail feathers, sulphur yellow ; bill, whitish ; feet, mealy brown ; irides, dark brown. The 

 sexes are alike. 



Length, 14 inches ; wing, 10 ; tail 5i ; bill, li ; tarsus, f. 



This species is a denizen of the northern and central portions of the Australian continent. It does not seem to occur on the 

 peninsula of Cape York, but is probably limited in its eastern range to about the 140th meridian of longitude. Sturt met with it in 

 thousands on Evelyn's plains near the Depot, where it was observed feeding voraciously on the seeds of a species of kidney -bean, and making 

 a deafening noise, its voice being very harsh and disagreeable. At Port Essington and the Alligator Eiver it is of very common occurrence, 

 and is often seen feeding in company with the weU known sulphur crested species, C. Gralerita. It affects swampy situations, and, though 

 numerous, is wary and not easy of approach. 



