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^ANG-igrANG OR ^§ANGA tgOCKATOO, 



Psittacus galeatus, Khl., Lthm. 



Synonyms: Calloceplialon galeatam, Gld.; 



Galyptorhynclius galeatus, Vgrs.; Gory don galeatus, Wgl.; Banhsianus 



galeatus, Lss.; Plyctolophus galeatus, Swns.; 



Gallicephalus galeatus, Br. 



German : Der rothkopfige Langschwanzkakadu, oder Helmkakadu. 



French : Cacatois Gang a, ou Banksien a tete rouge. 



THIS curious bird, which is not unlike a Timneh Parrot, with a 

 bright red head and crest, was mentioned by Cook in the journal 

 of his voyage of discovery to what was then called Terra incognita 

 Australis, and is now known by the name of Australia : and was after- 

 ' wards described and figured by Lesson in 1802. 



It is stated by Gould to inhabit the south-west portion of the colony 

 of Victoria; the islands of Bass's Straits and the northern parts of 

 Tasmania ; but is always a scarce bird, so much so that it has never 

 been seen by some colonists of many years standing with whom we 

 are acquainted; nor did we ever meet with it during our sojourn in 

 those parts it is said to frequent. 



It is a forest-loving bird, shy and difficult of approach, leading a 

 solitary life among the topmost boughs of the Eucalypti, with which 

 the whole face of its habitat was at one time covered, and subsisting 

 mainly on the seeds of the peppermint gum-tree. 



Authors vary greatly in their estimate of the Helmeted Cockatoo; 

 some declaring that it makes a most charming cage-bird and pet, 

 while others, on the contrary, give it a character for peevishness, 

 moroseness, and in fact everything that a pet should not possess. 



Thus Dr. Max Schmidt says that it is a little more active than the 

 other Cockatoos, but much more morose, insusceptible of being tamed, 



