BLACK COCKATOO. 
BanJcsianus funereus Lesson, Compl. de Buff, Vol. IX., Ois., p. 194, 1837. 
Plyctolophus funeralis Swainson, Classif. Birds, Vol. II., p. 302, 1837. 
Calyptorhynchus xanthanotus Gould, Synops. Birds Austr., App. p. 5, 1838 : Van Diemen’s 
Land ; id., Birds Austr., Vol. V., pi. 12, 1847 ; Krefft, Ibis, 1863, p. 177 (N.S.W.) ; 
Gould, Handb. Birds Austr., Vol. II., p. 22, 1865 (Tas. and S.A.) ; Legge, Papers 
and Proc. Boy. Soc. Tasm., 1886, p. 237, 1888 (Tas.) ; North, Austr. Mus. Cat. No. 12, 
p. 253, 1890 ; Bamsay, Cat. Austr. Psitt., p. 26, 1891 (as var.) ; Salvadori, Cat. 
Birds, Brit. Mus., Vol. XX., p. 108, 1891 ; A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. V., p. 145, 
1906 (Kangaroo Island) ; Mellor and White, id., Vol. XII., p. 161, 1913, Flinders 
Island. 
Gacatua funerea Schlegel, Journ. fur Orn. 1861, p. 379. 
Cacatua xanthonotus Schlegel, id., p. 380. 
Calyptorhynchus funereus var. xanthonotus A. G. Campbell, Emu, Vol. II., p. 208, 1903 : 
Kangaroo Island. 
Calyptorhynchus funereus funereus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 262, 1912 ; ih.. 
List Birds Austr., p. 123, 1913. 
Calyptorhynchus funereus xanthanotus Mathews, Nov. Zool., Vol. XVIII., p. 262, 1912 ; 
ib., List Birds Austr., p. 123, 1913. 
Calyptorhynchus funereus whitece Mathews, Austral Av. Bee., Vol. I., p. 35, 1912, Kangaroo 
Island ; ib., List Birds Austr., p. 123, 1913. 
Calyptorhynchus whitece S. A. White, Emu, Vol. XII., pp. 263-5, 1913 : Kangaroo Island. 
Distribution. South Queensland ; New South Wales ; Victoria ; Tasmania ; South 
Australia. 
Adult female. General colour above blackish-brown, including the head, sides of face, 
back, wings, and tail, with smoke-brown edges to the feathers on the hind-neck, 
sides of neck, back, and upper wing-coverts ; primary-coverts and primary-quilla 
margined wi h whitish at the tips, as a e al o the tail-feathers ; the second, third, 
fourth, fifth, and sixth primary-quill incised on the outer webs and the first to 
the fourth on the inner ones ; the lateral tail-feathers mottled with sulphur-yellow 
on t he middle portion ; ear-coverts lemon-yellow ; under-surface dark brown 
including the fore-neck, breast, abdomen, under tail-coverts and under wing-coverts, 
with pale yellowish margins to ihe feathers ; the axillaries somewhat paler than the 
rest of the under-surface. Iris brown, orbits black ; feet ashy grey ; bill whitish 
with black tips. Total length 630 mm. ; culmen 50, wing 383, tail 270, tarsus 29. 
Figured. Collected on Kangaroo Island on 6th December, 1911. 
Adult male. Differs in having the yellow edges to the feathers only faintly noticeable ; 
and in being larger. 
Immature. Besemble the female in having the yellow edges to the feathers very pronounced. 
Nest. A hole in a tree, placed very high up. 
Eggs. Clutch two. White. 46 to 50 mm. by 32-34. 
Breeding-season. May, June (Dawson Biver, Queensland), December and January in 
the South, but the time varies. 
The striking difference in the formation of the bill between this species and 
C. banksii seems to have escaped the notice of the vigilant Latham, but Shaw 
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