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PSITTACID^. 



STIRPS II.— PLYCTOLOPHINA, Vigors. 



GENUS CCVII.— PLYCTOLOPHUS, Vieillot. COCKATOO. 



Rostrum magnum, crassum, 

 maxime aduncum : mandi- 

 hula superior marginibus 

 dilatatis ; hiferior Integra. 



Caput crista plicatili aut pen- 

 dula ornatum. 



Periophtlialmcjc nudee. 



Cauda brevis, quadrata, 

 aequalis. 



BcaJc large, thick, much 

 hooked : the upper maii- 

 dible with its edges di- 

 lated ; the lower intire. 



Head furnished with a fold- 

 ing or pendulous crest. 



Periophthalmce naked. 



Tail short, quadrate, even. 



These birds are generally white, or of pale colours; 

 they inhabit the more distant parts of India; are very 

 docile, and frequent marshy places. 



Sp. 1 . PI. Moluccensis. 



Psittacus cristatus. Shaw, v. viii. p. 478. pi. 72. — Molucca 

 Islands. 

 Sp. 2. PI. Philippinaruin. 



Psittacus Philippinaruin. Shcnv, v. viii. p. 481. — Philippine 

 Islands. 

 Sp. 3. PI. sulphureus. 



Psittacus sulpliureus. Shaiv, v. viii. ». 480.pl. 7.3. — The Mo- 

 lucca Islands. 

 Sp. 4. PI. galeritus. 



Psittacus galeritus. Shatv, v. viii. ^. 479. — New Holland. 



Sp. 5. PI. tenuirostris. 



Pjl. crista parvaj'rontali apj)lanatd et depressa erectili alba; bast 



rosacea; loris roscis ; rostrojlnvo gracili. 

 Cockatoo with a small frontal white crest, rosy at the base ; the 



beak yellow and slender. 



