. GREAT BLACK COCKATOO 
This bird, the Psittacus Aterrimus of natu- 
Miists, is as large as a maccaw; consequently, 
i of the largest birds of the parrot kind. 
The bill of this bird is strong, very much 
rched, and of a dusky brown colour ; having 
n angle on each side of tlie upper mandible, 
^he eyes are of a fine black ; and the sides of 
le head, from the eyes to the under part of 
le bill, are covered with a red, naked, cor- 
igated skin, which partly covers the inferior 
andible. The crest is of a lightish grey. 
>lour, the feathers of which are pointed, 
d reflected upv/ards at their tips ; and tliiii 
est is either raised, or depressed, at pleasure, 
tne bird, in the same manner as the crcsta 
other Cockatoos ; so that, sometimes, it is 
iSted prodigiously high, and at others re- 
ned almost close to the head. The whol^ 
j image, from the crest downwards, is of a 
ish black, or dark lead-colour ; being some- 
at deeper on the back and wings, than under 
body. The tail, which is pretty loug, 
consiits 
