consists of tapered feathers; a^d the legs and 
feet, wliich are of a brovvnish black hue, are 
covered with a rough scaly skin. 
The Great Black Cockatoo is a native of 
Ceylon, and other oriental regions. 
Our figure, which is copied from Edwards, 
was sent from Ceylon to that excellent natu-. 
ralist ; who recognised the same bird, in a 
colle(flion published by Vander Meulen, at 
Amsterdam, in the year 1707, which Peter 
Schenk terms the Indian crow. 
BufFon ingeniously enough remarks, that 
the Great Black Cockatoo mav be reckoner 
the Negro of the Cockatoos, which are ii 
general white. 
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