474 BLACK COCKATOO. 



scribed by Dr. Latham, from a specimen in the 

 Leverian Museum. 



With more or less short and even tails. 



BLACK COCKATOO. 



Psittacus Gigas. P. cristatus nigro-cinereus, (femina dilutiore,) 



genis nudis ruhris. 

 Crested Grey-black Parrot, (the female paler,) with naked red 



cheeks. 



Psittacus Gigas. P. brach: niger, crista occipifis dilutiore elungata, 



genis nudis ruhris. Lath, ind, orn. 



Le Kakatoes noir. Buff, ois. 



Great Black Cockatoo. Edw. pi, 3 1 6. 



L'Ara noir a trompe. ") r .»7 » ^ ^ 

 . ^ ^ yLevaill, pi. 11, 12, 13. 

 L'Ara gris a trompe. J 



The Black or Giant Cockatoo was first de- 

 scribed and figured by Edwards, from a drawing 

 taken from the living bird in the island of Ceylon, 

 and communicated by Governor Loten. Edwards's 

 description runs as follows. " This is a parrot of 

 the first magnitude: it equals in size the Great 

 Scarlet, and the Blue and Yellow Maccaw: the 

 bill is strong, much arched or hooked, and of a 

 dusky brown colour, with an angle on each side 

 of the upper mandible: the nostrils appear to be 

 amongst the feathers at the basis of the upper 

 mandible: the eyes are of a dark colour: the sides 

 of the head, from the eyes to the under part of 

 the bill, are covered with a red, bare, wrinkled 



