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Genus Cacatua. 



Key to the Species. 



1. Feathers of the crest narrow, with the slender point 

 recurved at the end. 



(a) Crest sulphur-yellow; feathers white; wing fi-om 



13 to 15 inches; bare skin round eyes white. C. galerita. 



(b) Crest vermilion at base; yellow band in middle 



and white at the tip ; cere feathered." C. leadbeateri. 



II. Feathers of crest broadened and not recurved at the end. 



(c) Total length 16 to 12% inches; feathers of 

 crest moderate; cere feathered; under surface 

 white ; lores stained with red ; bare skin round 

 eyes largely e.xtended into the bare blue open 



space below. C. gymnopsis. 



(d) Bare skin round the eyes nearly circular. C. sanguinea. 



(e) Under surface rose-colour, upper surface grey. C. roseicapilla. 



The White Cockatoo. 



Cacatua galerita. 



Australia, Tasmania, King Island. 



Bare skin round the eyes white. Total length 18-20 inches, wing 

 13-15, 71/2-81/0, bill l%-2, tarsus 1-1.15. The eggs (2 or 3) measure 2 x 

 1.30 inch. 



The birds in Northern Australia are usually smaller than 

 those in the South. They are noisy birds, and sometimes 

 destructive to newly-sown crops. They always have a sentinel 

 when feeding on the ground. 



The Pink Cockatoo. 



Cacatua leadbeateri. 



Interior of Australia. 



Forehead, sides of neck, head, breast and abdomen tinged with rose 

 colour, very bright under the wings. Total length 16 inches, wing 11, 

 tail 6.3, bill 1.3, tarsus 0.95. Eggs (2 to 4) measure 1.50 x 1.07 inch. 



This beautiful bird is sometimes called the Major Mitchell 

 Cockatoo or "Weejuggler, " and generally goes in pairs. 



The Bare-eyed Cockatoo. 



Cacatua gymnopis. 



Interior of Queensland, New South Wales, and South Australia. 



Forehead stained with red, the feathers of the head, hind neck and 

 abdomen stained with red at the base, quills of tail feathers pale yellow. 

 Total length 16 inches, wing 11, tail 5, bill 1.26, tarsus 0.9. Eggs (4) 

 measure 1.48 x 1.14 inch. 



