BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 587 



the irides are red ; the under parts of the body, the creftj and the half neareft the body of the inner 

 webs of the tail quills have a tinge of fulphur yellow. 



436 Si. Wallefian Cockatto.— Pfittacus galeratus. 



Is white, with a long, folding, pointed, fulphur-yellow creft, and having the bafe of the 

 tail fulphur-yellow. Lath. ind. orn. i. 109. n. 80. 



Inhabits New-fouth-wales. — Is as large in the body as a common Dunghill cock, and meafures two 

 feet three inches long, including the tail : The bill is blackifh ; the orbits are covered with feathers ; 

 the creft rifes from the fore-head, is feven inches long, being compofed of ten or twelve fulphur 

 yellow feathers, which are fharp at the ends ; behind this the crown of the head is bald ; the tail, 

 which is eight inches long, is fulphur yellow at the bafe ; the legs and feet are blackifh. This bird 

 refembles the former in its general appearance, but is more than twice its fize, and can therefore 

 fcarcely be conlidered as a mere variety. Lath. 



437 82. Red-vented Cockatoo. — 67. Pfittacus philippinarum. 95. 



Is white, having a folding fulphur-yellow creft which is tipt with white ; the orbits are 

 yellowifh red ; the under tail coverts are red, dotted with white. 



Pf. philippinarum. Lath. ind. orn. i. 108. n. 79. — Cakatua minor. BrifT. av. iv. 212. n. 11. t* 

 22. f. 1. — Petit Kakatoes. Buff. oif. vi. 96. — Petit Kakatoes des Philippines. PI. enl. n. 191. — 

 P.ed-vented Cockatoo. Brown, illuftr. t. 5. Lath. fyn. i. 258. n. 63. 



Inhabits the Philippine iilands. — Is thirteen inches and a half long : The bill is white, but is for 

 the moft part afh coloured at the bafe, with a grey cere ; the orbits are yellowifh red ; the feathers 

 of the creft are an inch and a half long, the lower feathers being fometimes pale red; the two middle 

 tail quills are white, the inner webs of the others being fulphur-yellow from the bafe to the middle ; 

 the legs, feet, and claws are leaden coloured. 



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438 S^. Molucca Cockatoo. — 68. Pfittacus moluccenfis. 9(3. 



Is pale whitifh rofe colour 5 having a folding creft, which is red underneath. 



Pf. rofaceus. Lath. ind. orn. i. 108. n, 78. — Cacatua rubro-criftata. BrifT. av. iv. 209. n. 10. — 

 Kakatoes a hupe rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 95. PI. enl. n. 498. — Greater Cockatoo. Edw. av. iv. t. 

 160. — Great red-crefted Cockatoo. Lath. fyn. i. 257. n. 62. 



Inhabits the Molucca iflands. — This fpecies meafures a little more than feventeen inches long: The 

 bill is bluifh black, with a black cere ; the orbits are grey -, the irides are red ; the general colour is 

 white inclining to pale rofy red ; the lateral tail quills have their inner webs, from the bafe to the 

 middle,, of a fulphur-yellow colour; the creft is fix inches and a half long; the legs and feet are lead 

 coloured, with black claws. , 



439 84. Yellow-crefted Cockatoo. — 6g. Pfittacus crifatus. 22. 

 Is white, with a folding yellow creft. 



