great red-crested cockatoo. 
Le Kakatoes k a huppe rouge. 
Greater Cockatoo. 
Great Red-Crested Cockatoo. 
j Bris. Orn . iv. p . 209. 
Buff. Ois. vi. p. 95. 
Echo. p . 160. 
Lath. Syn • i. p. 25 7 . 
This subject is one of the largest species known, as it measures rather 
more than seventeen inches ; the name Kakatoes, or Cockatoo, is formed 
from their cry. 
It is distinguished from other Parrots by its size, by its white plumage, by 
the peculiarly incurvated shape of the bill, by the baldness of the head, and 
more particularly by a folding crest, near seven inches in length, the un- 
der part of a scarlet colour, inclining to orange, which it can elevate or de- 
press at pleasure. 
The bill is cinereous ; the cere in which the nostrils are placed, and the 
orbits of the eye, are of a lead colour, the irides of a deep red. Although 
the general colour of the plumage is white, it is tinged on the back with 
shades of cream colour, on the head and breast with a soft delicate rose 
blush; the inner coverts of the wings with yellow, and the lateral tail 
feathers have their inward webs, from the base to the middle, of a sulphur- 
like colour ; the legs and feet are lead colour, the toes black. 
They inhabit the southern parts of Asia, where they seem indigenous, 
are likewise found in the south of India, and in all the islands of the In- 
dian ocean, more particularly in the Moluccas under the line. In several 
parts of India they are in a manner domesticated, building their nests un- 
der the roofs of houses. 
They seem to possess a superior understanding to that of the common 
I anot, and are more docile, kind, and sincere in their attachments. This 
amiable disposition was particularly manifested in the subjectof this Plate, 
for its fondness, affectionate attention, and attachment to die person who 
had the care of it was beyond expression. 
