YELLOW-CRESTED COCKATOO. 
feathers, which the bird elevates and projects. 
The bill and feet are biack. It was a Cock- 
-atoo of this species, ar.d probably the tirst ever 
seen in Italy, that Aldrovandtis describes; and 
he admires it's elegance and beauty. It is as 
intelligent, gentle, and docile, as the ^Vhjte- 
Crested Cockatoo. 
*' We saw," adds BufFoii. this beautiful 
Cockatoo alive. It expi esses joy, by shaking 
it's head briskly several times upwards and 
downwards ; making a slight cracking wiih 
it's bill, and displaying it's elegant crest. It 
reiurns caresses ; touches the face with it's 
tongue, and seems to lick it. The kioses arc 
soft and gentle. When one hand is laid iiat 
under it's body, and the otlier rests on k's 
back, or only touches it's bill, it presses firmlv ; 
claps it's wings ; and, with it's bill half open, 
it blows and panto, and seems to feel the niosc 
intoxicating delight. It repeats this as ofrcn 
as we please. It is also very fond of bclni; 
scratched ; and holds i'.'s head, and raises it's 
wing, to be stroked. It often whe^s it's l^ill, 
by gnawing antl i^reaking bits of wood. It 
cannot bear the confinement of the cage, hue 
it 
