150 LESSER SULPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO. 
like that of the other species, and auricular spot, are 
fine sulphur yellow. The legs and toes are grey ; 
the irides red. It is a native of the Moluccas, and 
other Indian islands ; but of its natural habits we 
have again to regret deficiency of information. In 
captivity, the female sometimes produces eggs, and 
we now have specimens by us which were laid by 
one at rather peculiar periods, viz. the 21st June, 
21st of September, and 21st of December; but whe- 
ther this resulted from the peculiar economy of the 
bird, as acted upon by the seasons, or was the effect 
of the confinement, we are unable to determine. 
