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135.— LONG-NOSED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus nasicus, Lin. Trans, xiii. p. 115. 



LENGTH fifteen inches and a quarter. Bill ash-colour ; upper 

 mandible of a great length, but not much curved, the under short and 

 rounded ; on the forehead the feathers are elongated as in the last 

 bird, but smaller ; the general colour of the plumage is pure white, 

 but the whole face or front of the head is rose-colour, as far as the 

 eyes ; the vent and under tail coverts are reddish yellow, as are also 

 the feathers of the tail at the base ; the legs ash-colour. 



Inhabits New South Wales. — Mr. Brown brought a specimen of 

 this from Port Phillip, on the South Coast of New-Holland. 



136— CRESTED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus galeritus, Ind. Orn. i. 109. 



Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo, Shaiv's Zool. viii. 479. 



Crested Cockatoo, Gen. Syn. Sup. ii. 92. White's Journal, pi. p. 537. 



SIZE of a dunghill Cock ; length two feet three inches. Bill 

 black; plumage in general white; orbits covered with feathers; those 

 of the forehead elongated into a crest, are tenor twelve in number, 

 brimstone-coloured, seven inches in length, and pointed at the ends; 

 behind this the crown is bare ; tail even at the end, eight inches long, 

 sulphur-coloured at the base ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits New South Wales. Some conjecture this to be a variety 

 of the following, but it differs in having the space round the eyes 

 well covered with feathers, and the whole bird of twice the size. It 

 is often met with in vast flocks, making a horrible noise. 



