incroiis. There are al?;o several of the maininalm, 

 and reptiles of the enh)iiv in t\w rollceridn. 



But, in a country where specimens could be 

 pirociiT^ in the majority of mstHiM^ies in altHOSt^ 

 mj mahh&rf It would be of great interest to the 

 lover of science, as well as to the admirer of 

 nature, and also coiisith'i'alily iuerease tlie value 

 of the colleetion and tlie advancement of scien- 

 tific knowledge, if, besidiS among the birds, the 



showing the changes of plumage, which so fre- 

 qucutly occur in the featliei'ed tril)e froui the, 

 juvenile to the adult age ; the nest and eggs, 

 together with the skeletons, or any remaik- 

 aMe aHal^mleal pa^B^ify, ^ould also be pre-^ 

 served. The same system may he adopted mtli 



ixi^^Ioned by Captain CoQkjhut is a veiy rare species in the 

 presfeiit kftd*ii -psoFts ei^ c«^ony,— (it is, more cdri^%, a 

 species of cockatoo, isxA Vfhii^ I bfiUeve, IV [r. V igors hiie^Jtjr 

 intendsi to place in ^ gieiia$*)h-imd lias not been seen 

 ^en 1m ttiose portions of tlie Cotony visited by Vaok. Tlie 

 fipfietnaen in tfic collection, is one among a few of this sput ics 

 tliiit was seen at WelUngton Valley a few years since, during 

 a prevailing droughty and since that period tliey liave not bccii 

 fieeit in fll&t &t snay other ^mmn part fif th« cCottenjF. 1 he&td 

 at Yas Plains, tliat it was not unmnnnon at some srasiuis of 

 the year to observe birds, bclorc uaknoun to the culuuists, 



seen Rgmn until year# after* an<S aftm not at nlJ* 



