204 PARROT. 



133— GREATER RED-CRESTED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus rosaceus, Ind. Om.\. 103. 



Moluccensis, Gm. Lin. i. 331. 



Cacatua rubro-cristata, Bris. iv. 209. Id.8\o. ii. 101. Gerin. t. 118. 

 Kakatoes a huppe-rouge, Buf. vi. 95. PI. enl. 498. 



Greater red-crested Cockatoo, Gen. &yn. i. 257. Edw. t. 160. Bor. Nat. ii. t. 5. B, 

 Wood's Zoogr. i. p. 421. pi. 19. 



LENGTH seventeen inches, and larger than the last. Bill blue 

 black; cere black; bare skin round the eye greyish ; irides dull red; 

 general colour of the plumage white, with a light rose-coloured tinge; 

 the crest is very large, some of the feathers being six inches and a 

 half long; the under part of the crest is red; side tail feathers, 

 from the base to the middle, of a brimstone colour on the inner webs -; 

 legs lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Molucca Isles. It seems much allied to the last 

 described. 



134— RED-VENTED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus Philippinarum, Ind. Orn. i. 103. Gm. Lin. i. 131. 



Cacatua minor, Bris. iv. 212. t. 22. f. 1. Id. 8vo. ii. 102. Gerin. t. 119. 



Petit Kakatoes a bee couleur de Chair, Buf. vi. 96. PL enl. 121. 



Red-vented Cockatoo, Gen. Syn. i. 258. Brown. III. p.10. pi. 5. Shaw's Zool. viii. 481. 



SIZE of the grey Parrot ; length thirteen inches. Bill white, 

 base cinereous ; cere greenish ; orbits yellowish red ; plumage chiefly 

 white ; the head crested, the longest feather measuring one inch and 

 a half; these are sulphur-coloured at the base, and white at the 

 ends ; some of the under ones pale red, but do not appear unless the 

 crest is erected ; the two middle tail feathers white, side ones the same, 

 but the inner webs from the base to the middle are sulphur-coloured ; 

 under tail coverts red, tipped with white; legs hoary lead-colour. 



Inhabits the Philippine Isles. 



