108 



PARROT. 



** WITH EVEN TAILS. 



125— CROWNED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus coronatus, Ind.Orn.'i. 106. Lin. i. 143. Gm. Lin.'i. 330. 



Cockatoo of Guiana, Bancr. Guian. p. 1G0. 



Crowned Cockatoo, Gen. Syn. i. 259. Shaw's Zool. viii. 481. 



SIZE of the White Cockatoo. Forehead yellow ; from the top 

 of the head a crest arises, in the manner of other Cockatoos ; of a 

 scarlet colour, tipped with light blue, and may be erected or depressed 

 at will ; body and tail green, the outer feathers of the latter blue on 

 the exterior margins ; vent feathers red, tipped with blue. 



Bancroft says, it is less than a common Parrot. Bill short, and 

 chestnut-coloured; head, cheeks, and neck, covered with long, loose, 

 dull red feathers, variegated with whitish bars; those on the top of 

 the head one inch and a half long, which, as well as those on the 

 cheeks and neck, may be erected at pleasure ; body and wings green; 

 tail short, some of the feathers green, others dull red. 



These appear to be the same bird, though the description varies 

 a little. 



126 —BLACK COCKATOO. 



Psittacus Gigas, Ind. Orn.'u 107. Shaw's Zool. viii. 474. pi. 71. 



— — — - — aterrimus, Gm. Lin. i. 330. 



Ara noir, Levail. Perr. i. p. 33. pi. 12. 13. 



Black Cockatoo, Gen. Syn. i. 260. Edw. pi. 316. 



SIZE uncertain, but large ; general colour of the plumage black, 

 with a large crest on the head, rather paler than the rest ; bill dusky 



