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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
scrub (mallee chiefly) and arid lands. It spends much of its time on 
the ground feeding on bulbous roots and the seeds of plants and grasses. 
When disturbed, it rises with a loud screech, sometimes alighting on a 
dead tree, but mostly on the ground again. 
Nest . — In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
Eggs . — Three or four, white. Breeding-season: September to 
November. 
13. Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Grant — 13A. 
Female. 
Cal-lo-cepJi -al-on — Gk, callos , beauty; Gk, cephale, head: fim-bri-d-tum — 
L., fimbriatus, fringed. 
Distribution. — New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, King Island, 
and formerly in South Australia. 
Notes. — Also called Red-headed Cockatoo or Parrot, Red-crowned 
Cockatoo or Parrot, and Galah. Usually in pairs or small flocks, 
frequenting chiefly heavily timbered mountain ranges. It procures most 
of its food in trees, and is generally seen feeding on the seeds of eucalypts 
as well as different species of acacia. It has a peculiar wheezy call-note, 
and when feeding also utters a quaint growling sound. Food: seeds of 
various kinds of trees, particularly acacias, generally eaten when green. 
Nest. — In a hollow limb or hole in a tree, at a considerable height 
from the ground. 
Eggs. — Usually two, white. Breeding-season : October to December 
or January. 
14. Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami Temminck 
Cal-ypt-o-rhynch'-us — Gk, calyptos, hidden; Gk, rhynchos ( rhugchos ), 
beak: lathami — John Latham (1740-1837), famous English ornithologist 
who described many Australian birds. 
Distribution . — From central Queensland to Victoria and South 
Australia (Kangaroo Island). 
Notes . — Also called Leach’s Black Cockatoo. Usually in pairs or 
small flocks, frequenting heavily timbered mountain ranges and open 
forest-lands. It is generally seen feeding on different species of casua- 
rinas, the seeds of which appear to constitute its principal food. When 
feeding it is easy to approach, and when alarmed it moves, with a particu- 
larly laboured and heavy flight, to a nearby tree. 
Nest. — In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
Egg. — Dull white. Breeding-season: March to August. 
15. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Shaw 
fun-er-e-us — L., funereus , funereal , black. 
Distribution . — From central Queensland to Victoria and South 
Australia, King Island, and Tasmania. 
