CALYPTORHYNOUS EUNEEEUS. 



(Funeral Cockatoo.) 



G-ENEEAL plumage, dull black with a greenisli tinge ; body feathers, edged with brown ; ear coverts, duH yellow ; tail feathers, blackish, 

 all but the two centre ones, crossed with a broad band of yellow, equal to half their length, much mottled with fine black markings ; 

 bill, black in adults, but of a lighter color in the young birds; eyes, dark hazel; feet, dark brown. The sexes are much alike, but the 

 coloring is rather less bright in females. 



Length, 30^ inches ; wing, 18 ; tail, 17 ; bill, 2^ ; tarsus, 1 ; longest toe, 2|-. 



This bird is the largest of the genus, its length of wing and tail being unequalled by any of its family. It is found over the 

 whole of New South Wales, and occasionally in the southern parts of Queensland, although nowhere numerous ; its resort being mountain 

 ranges, brushes, forests, and open country, usually in small companies of four or six, except when breeding. Its flight is mostly heavy and 

 laboured, but at times it shows an activity that would not be accredited it from its appearance. Its food consists of the larvae of insects 

 found under the bark of trees, and the seeds of the Banksia and other trees. Its note is difficult to describe, but very remarkable, and 

 is between a shriek and a whine. It lays two eggs (white) about If inches long by If broad, which are deposited in the hollow branch 

 of a tree. 



CALYPTORHYNCHUS XANTHONOTUS. 



(Yelloiv-eared Black Cockatoo.) 



Ckown of the head, face, upper surface of throat, and neck, brownish black ; ear coverts, pale yellow ; breast feathers tipped with olive ; 

 back and under portion of body, brownish black ; two centre tail feathers, blackish brown — remaining feathers, black at tip and base; centre 

 portions, blotched and mottled with pale yellow, interspersed with brown ; irides, black ; orbit in adults, pink. Sexes, much alike. 



Length, 24 inches ; wing, 14^ ; tail, 12 ; tarsus, 1. 



This species is principally confined to Tasmania, but occasionally found at Flinders' Island and parts of South Australia. Its 

 habits are very much the same as those of the genus in general, frequenting the thickly wooded districts and mountain ranges. Like them, 

 it delights in proclaiming its whereabouts, on the approach of rain, by its peculiar whining discordant note. Its food consists of seeds, grubs, 

 and a large species of caterpillar found under the bark of the wattle and other trees ; the powerful beak cutting and scooping both bark and 

 wood in search of its food. Its nest is formed in a hollow spout of some large tree, and contains two eggs (white) of about 1 inch 8 lines 

 long by 1 inch 4 lines broad. The diet of the young birds consists of seed from leguminous plants ; they are very voracious, and consume 

 large quantities of such like food. 



