PLATE XIX. 
CACATUA SANGUINE A. {Gould.) 
BLO OD-STA INED COCK A TO 0. 
rpiIIS is a very lovely bird, of gregarious habits, found in immense flocks of thousands in Queensland and New 
South Wales. It loves best wet, grassy localities and swampy country, where various kinds of orchids 
flourish abundantly, the roots of which it digs up to feed upon. 
Very often it is found associating with the Cacatua Galerita, and is not unlike it in appearance, though 
much smaller. Other and more nearlv allied congeners are the white Cockatoos of the islands off the north 
coast of the continent as far as the Phillipine Islands, though none are identical. In disposition it is very shy 
and wary of approach. 
The sexes are alike; and the young bird only differs from the adult in the softness of its bill. 
The general plumage is white ; the basal portion of the features of the lores and sides of face are 
stained with blood-red patches ; the wing coverts, secondaries, tertiaries, and primaries, and the upper portion of 
the feathers under the tail are faintly flushed with yellow; tarsi, large and strong ; crest, a stiff white cap. 
Habitats : Port Darwin, Port Essington, Gulf of Carpentaria, Norman River, Cape York (Queensland), 
New South "Wales, Interior as far south as Palmer River. 
The illustration is about three-quarter life size. 
