PAM. CACATUIDAE 7 
SUBFAM. B. CALOPSITTACINA= 
This subfamily contains a single genus with one species only. 
6. GENUS CALOPSITTACUS LgEsson 
Calopsitta Lesson, Ill. Zool. pl. 49 (1832) (type of the genus Psittacus novae hollandiae Gmelin). 
Synonyms : Leftolophus Swainson, Zool. Ill. pl. 112 (1832); Calopsittacus Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. 
N_S: Wales, Vol. 2; p. 199 (1878); 
Characters. The tail-teathers narrow and pointed easily define this genus from the 
other genera of the Cacatuide. Besides the bill is moderate, with the upper mandible com- 
pressed on the sides towards the culmen; the gonys is broad and angular; the cere is naked; 
the wings are very long; the tarsi are short and the toes long and slender. 
Geographical Distribution. The only species of this genus occurs in Australia. 
1. Calopsittacus nove hollandiz (Gmelin) (Plate 2, Fig. 1, la, 1b). Australia 
Psittacus nove hollandie Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Vol. 1, p. 328, n. 84 (1788). 
Calopsittacus nove hollandie Ramsay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, Vol. 2, p. 193 
(1878); cf. Salvadori, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. Vol. 20, p. 136 (1891). 
EXPLANATION OF PLATES 
PILATE i 
Fig. 1. Cacatua goffini (Finsch). 
= ft = — Foot. 
lo 
. Cacatua ducorpsi Jacquinot & Pucheran. 
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oo 
Calyptorhynchus banksi (Latham). 
. Microglossus aterrimus (Gmelin). 
fie 
— 5. Callocephalum galeatum (Latham). 
LAr 2 
Fig. 1. Calopsittacus novee-hollandiz (Gmelin). 
— = a = Wine. 
el = a Foot. 
— 2. Cacatua triton (Temminck). 
— 3. Cacatua roseicapilla Vieillot. 
— 4. Licmetis nasica (femminck). 
Turin, 15th June 1905. 
