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KED-VENTED COCKATOO. 



Psittacus Philippinarum. P. albus, crista plicatili ehngato-acumi' 



nata, crisso rubro. 

 White Cockatoo, witli expansile lePigtheiied-acuminate crest, and 



red vent. 



Psittacus Philippinarum. Red-Vented Cockatoo. Lath. 

 Petit Kakatoes a bee coleur de chair. Buff', ois. 

 Petit Kakatoes des Philippines. PL EnL 191. 

 Red-Vented Cock'atoo. Browris Illustr. pi. 5. 



This is the smallest of the White Cockatoos, 

 measuring between thirteen and fourteen inches 

 in length, and is of a white colour, with a smaller 

 crest in proportion than the rest of the tribe, 

 tinged with yellow at the upper part of the base, 

 and with red beneath: the inner tail-feathers are 

 sulphur- coloured towards the base : the bill is of a 

 pale flesh-colour, and the legs cinereous. It is a 

 native of the Philippine isles. 



CROWNED COCKATOO, 



Psittacus coronatus. P. brachyurus viridis, crista plicatili rubra 



apice ccKrulea. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 Green Cockatoo, with expansile red crest tipped with blue. 

 Crowned Cockatoo. Lath, syn. 



This species seems to be at present unknown in 

 European collections : according to Linnaeus it is 

 of a green colour, and of the size of the Psittacus 

 cristatus^: the forehead yellow, the crest scarlet 



