YELLOW-CRESTED COCKATOO. 
This elegant bird, which was lioured by 
Edwards, had been previously delineated and^ 
described by Albin, I hone," savs the 
former, *' this figure of mine will be thought 
an amendment of Albin's." 
It is called, by Edwards, the Lesser White 
Cockatoo with a Yellow Crest ; and he ob- 
serves, that it is a size less than the Common 
Grey Red-Tailed Afr ican Parrot. He drew 
this bird at Lord Tilney's house, in Essex ; 
and, observing that Albin had not mentioned 
it's native place, says that it is an inhabitant of 
the Dutch East- India Islarids. He adds, that 
Brisson, in his Ornithology, he believes, has 
described this same species, which was brought 
from the Philippines. 
Tlie description given by Edwards is as fol- 
lows — " The bill is of a dark ash-colour; 
and has notches, or angles, on the sides of the 
\ipper mandible. It has very long feathers, of 
■a fine yellow colour, oa the top of the head, 
which 
