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t80fn^ri:f gn#RdAD*CRESTED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus cristatu^. P. albus, crista plicafili, maris subtus rubra. 

 White Cockatoo, with expansile crest, that of the male red be- 

 iieath. 



Psittacus rosaceus . 



I, orrt^ 



Psittacus cristatus. 



} Lath. 



Greater Cockatoo. Edw, pL l66* r 

 Great White Cockatoo. 1 ^^^^ ^ ^ 



Great Red-crested Cockatoo. S ^ ■ 

 Kakatoes, &c. PL Enl. 263. 498. 

 White-crested Parrot of Aldrovandus. Will, orn, 

 Psittacus cristatus. Lin. Si/st. Nat. 



, The size of the present elegant species is th9;t 

 of a common fowl, and its colour white, with an 

 extremely slight tinge of rose-colour on the bead 

 and breast, and of yellow on the inner wing-co- 

 verts and tail-feathers : on the head is a very ample 

 crest, consisting of large and long feathers of dif- 

 ferent extent, and arching over the whole head, 

 and which the bird can either raise or depress at 

 pleasure: these feathers are white above, but of 

 a fine red or scarlet beneath: the habit of the bird 

 is stout, the tail short in proportion, and even at 

 the end: the bill very large, strong, and of a blue- 

 ish black: the orbits of the eyes bare, and of a 

 pale ash-colour^ and the legs deep cinereous. It 

 is of a mild and docile disposition, but can rarely 

 be taught to articulate any other word than its 

 own name, which it pronounces with great dis- 

 tinctness. 



