YELLOW-CRESTED COCKATOO. 
which it can raise into a towering crest, of let 
fall, at pleasure. The eyes are placed in plats 
of light lead-coloured bare skin : their irides 
are bright orange ; their pupils, black. Be- 
neath each eye is a large spot of yellow fea- 
thers : the rest of the plumage, from tlie head 
downwards, is white ; except a faint shade of 
yellow on the breast, the sides under the wings, 
and the insides of the wings. The wings and 
tail are almost equal in length. The legs and 
feet are covered with a dark blueish, lead-co- 
loured, scaly skin.'* 
The Yellow-Crested Cockatoo is the Psit- 
tacus Sulphureus, of Linnasus, and of Latham ; 
the Psittacus Albus Galleriatus, of Frisch ; 
the Cacatua Luteo-Cristata, of Brisson ; the 
Kakatoeha Orientalis, of Seba : and the Yel- 
low-Crested Cockatoo, of BufFon. 
** Of this species," says BufFon, " there arc 
two branches, differing in size. In both, the 
plumage is white, with a yellow cast under the 
wings and the tail, and spots of the same co- 
lour roiuul the eyes. 'I'he crest, which is 
yellow citron, consists of long, soft, ragged 
fe Ethers, 
