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il-REAT SALMON-, OR f^OSE-, OR 



IIed-^rested ^OCKATOO. 



Psittacus Moluccensis, Khl. 



Synonyms : Cacatua Moluccensis, Gml. ; G. rosacea, Vll. ; 



G. erythrolophus, Lss. ; G. rubro-cristata, Fnsch.; Plyctolophus 



rosaceus, Lz. ; P. Moluccensis, Lng. 



German : Der rothgehaubte oder Moluckenkakadu, Ess. 



French : Gacatois a huppe rouge, Been. 



~YTT"E cordially agree with Dr. Euss that this fine bird, we might 

 V V go further and say this magnificent bird, is among the hand- 

 somest of them all (gehort zu den schonsten unter alien) ; for although 

 not so brilliantly attired as the Macaws, nor so fluent a talker as the 

 Grey Parrots and some of the Amazons, it possesses a quiet beauty 

 that is all its own, and will often learn to talk with astonishing 

 fluency. It has but one drawback that we know of, namely, it is not 

 always sufficiently careful in the exercise of its particularly sonorous 

 voice. 



To hear one of these birds repeating in a vastly exaggerated key 

 the triumphant and self-congratulatory cackle of a domestic fowl, that 

 has just fulfilled the chief object of her existence, laying an egg, is 

 simply to abhor it (" hate " is much too mild an expression ) ; but to 

 listen to it as it whispers, with depressed head and uplifted crest, in 

 the softest and sweetest of feminine tones, " Oh ! you pretty, pretty 

 Cockey, how I love you," or some such phrase, is equally to adore 

 it ; for here again the common verb " to love " is wanting in adequate 

 power to fully describe the feeling inspired in the mind of the hearer 

 and beholder, by the charming voice and no less charming gesture of 

 the bird ; as it whispers in gentlest voice, and presents its head to be 

 rubbed with the most bewitching confidence. 



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