CACATUIN^. 
The birds that form this genus are found in the forests of the islands of the Moluccas and the continent of Australia. 
Some prefer the lofty trees that border the large rivers, and those that arc located in swamps. Other species are usually 
obser\'ed on those that grow In the open plains and clear lands. They are shy, and it is therefore difficult to get near 
them ; and, though usually not seen, their presence is easily discovered by their loud screaming notes, the effect of which 
is greatly Increased by their vast numbers. They subsist entirely on vegetable substances, such as hard seeds, nuts, and 
small tuberous and bulbous roots, and they generally swallow stones along with their food. They also commit great 
destinction in the fresh cultivated lands, and on the smaller branches of the trees, by stripping off the bark, which they 
sometimes cut into small pieces. The appearance of this work of wanton devastation generally indicates that their nest 
is In a neighbouring tree. The eggs are generally deposited on the rotten mould in holes of trees, or are placed In 
fissures in the rocks : they are usually two In number. 
1. C. roseicapUla Vieill. N. Diet. Hist. Nat. xvii. 12 Psittacus 
Eos Kuhl, Gal. des Ois. t. 25., PI. col. 81. ; Cacatua rosea Vieill. 
Gal. des Ois. t. 25. 
2. C. philippinarvm (Gmel.) Wagl. Briss. Orn. iv. t, 22. f. L, 
PI. enl. 181. — Cacatua minor Briss. 
3. C. Leadbeateri (Vigors), Wagl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1831., Lear's 
Parr. pi. 5., Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
4. C. moluccensis (Gmel.) Wagl. Edwards's Birds, pi. l60., Pi. 
enl. 498. — Psittacus rosaceus Lath. Lear's Parr. pi. 2.; Cacatua 
rubro-cristata Briss. ; Cac. erythrolophus Less. 
5. C. crisfata (Linn.) Vieill. PI. enl. 263. — Cacatua leucolophus 
Less. 
6. C. galerita (Lath.) Vieill. AVhite, Journ. pi. p. 237.) Lear's 
Parr. pi. 3. — Cacatua chrysolophus Less. Gould, B. of Austr. pi. 
7. C. sulphur ea (Gmel.) Vieill. Edwards's Birds, pi. 317., PI. 
enl. 14., Lear's Parr. pi. 4. ; Cacatua luteo-cristata Briss. 
8. C. citrino-eristata Fr. Proc. Z. S. 1844. 
9. C. sanguinea Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1842. 138. ' 
LiCMETIS Wagl.* 
Bill much lengthened, with the culmen slightly curved and narrowed to the tip, which is acute ; the 
gonys of the lower mandible broad and rounded. The other characters like those of Cacatua. 
The species of this genus are peculiar to the continent of Australia. They live In flocks on the trees that grow in 
the neighbourhood of rivers and swamps. Their food partly consists of bulbous roots, which they scratch up from 
beneath the ground, even from a considerable depth. It has been remarked that the voice of these birds Is more 
plaintive than that of the other species of cockatoos. 
1. 1.. tenuirostris {KMhVj, Wagl. Brown's lUustr. pi. 5. — Psit- I 2. L. ^)a«<tna<<»* Gould, Proc. Z. S. 1840. 175. 
tacus nasicus Trnm. PI. col. 331. ' 
Calyptorhynchus Vig. Horsf.-f 
Bill large, strong, much higher than long, broad at the base, and the sides compressed ; with the 
culmen greatly arched to the tip, which is acute ; the lower mandible small, dilated, and strongly 
emarginated at the tip, with the gonys broad and rounded. Wings moderate, with the second, third, and 
fourth quills equal and longest. Tail rather lengthened and rounded. Tarsi very short, strong, and 
covered with small scales. Toes long, the outer toes longest, and covered with small irregular scales ; 
the claws long, strong, and curved. 
The Australian continent Is the pecuhar country for the species that compose this genus. They live in small flocks 
in wooded districts near the rivers, feeding on the fruits and bark of the species of Eucalyptus, of which from their 
* Established by Wagler in 1830. (Abhandl. Akad. Miinchen, 1832, p. 505.) 
t The late Mr. Vigors and Dr. Horsfield established the above generic name in 1826 (Linn. Trans. \>.26Q.). Banksianus and 
Callocephalon of M. Lesson (1831) and Corydon of Wagler (1830) are embraced in this genus. 
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