CAPE TOWN PALM COCKATOO. 
Kuhl, in the Conspectus Psittacorum, pp. 91—2, recognised two distinct 
species, differentiating them in this manner : 
“ PsiTTACUS aterrimus Gm. L. In India orientali. 
Psittacus Gigas Lath. Edw. 316, fig. optima. 
Colores proportionesque Psittaci Goliath, sed corpore dimidio minori, 
rostro 2-J-2£ poll, longo, dente magis emarginato — Crista longissima partesque 
omnes avem adultam indicant. 
Observ. Avis musei Parisiensis aliquanto major est ea, quae in museo 
Temminkiano asservatur. 
In Museo Temminkiano , Parisiensi. 
Psittacus Goliath mihi. In India orientali. 
11. Vaill. UAras gris a trompe. Psitt griseus Bechstein. 
12. Vaill. UAras noir a trompe. Nec tamen Psitt. aterrimus Gm. L. 
uti communis opinio fert. 
Corpore crasso, colore griseo, post avis mortem nigro ; plumis longissimis, 
angustis ; facie nuda ; rostro nigro, maximo ; lingua structura linguae 
chamaeleontis ; crista elongata ; cauda quadrata. — Longitudo rostri 4J poll. 
Observ. Species intermedia inter Aras et Kakadoes. 
In Museo Temminkiano , BullokianoP 
It will be observed that here two species are separated on account ot 
size, the bill especially being mentioned and that the smaller one was con- 
sidered the true aterrimus of Gmelin. This was correct, judging from the 
figure of the bill given by Edwards. Kulil also noted that a specimen in the 
Paris Museum was larger than one in Temminck’s collection. It may be as 
well to note here that the latter was labelled alecto by Temminck, but the 
name was not published by him as far as is at present known. 
To the larger species Kuhl gave the name goliath, but cited as a synonym 
Psitt. griseus Bechstein, as well as both of Levaillant’s figures. 
Ranzani, when he introduced his genus Solenoglossus, gave a new specific 
name zeylanicus, but his account is absolutely that of Gmelin, so that this 
name is an absolute synonym of aterrimus, whatever that may be. 
Lesson is next responsible for two mis-spellings and a new name : thus 
in the Traite d’Ornith., p. 184, 1830, he wrote Microglossum ater, and then 
in the Compl. de Bufjfon, Vol. IX., 1837, he gave a plate 27 lettered Micro* 
glossum nigerrimum, and of this species he wrote : “ Qui se rencontre 
communement dans les forets de la Nouvelle Guinee et de l’ile de Waigiou,” 
and on p. 200 added : “ Une espece reellement nouvelle est V alecto, qui se 
trouve a Waigiou, a Banda, a Ceram. II est plus petit d’un tiers que le 
precedent, et le nu des joies a moins d’etendue. Sa queue est legerement 
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