PINK COCKATOO. 
Lophochroa leadbeateri mollis Mathews, ib. 
Lophochroa leadbeateri mungi Mathews, ib., p. 126. 
Distribution. New South Wales ; Victoria ; South Australia ; South-west Australia ; 
North-west Australia. Northern Territory (?). 
Adult male. Entire back, wings and tail dull white, the inner webs of the primary and 
secondary quills and the inner tail-feathers bright red ; hind-neck, sides of face, 
chin, breast, sides of body, and under wing-coverts salmon-pink, which fades away 
into dull white on the abdomen, flanks, edge of wing, and under tail-coverts ; 
base of forehead dull rose-red ; crown of head and occipital crest pink at the base 
and white at the tips of the feathers ; the elongated nuchal crest deep red at the 
base and white at the tip ; the four outer primaries incised on their inner webs 
and the second, third, fourth, and fifth on the outer webs. Iris black, orbits mealy 
red ; feet and tarsus olive brown ; bill white. Total length 380 mm. ; culmen 30, 
wing 256, tail 137, tarsus 22. Figured. Collected at Mungi inland from Derby, 
North-west Australia, on the 7th July, 1911, and is the type of Lophochroa 
leadbeateri mungi (Mathews). 
Adult Female. Similar to the adult male. 
Immature. Like the adult. 
Nest. A hole in a tree. 
Eggs. Clutch, three or four ; white, 35-40 mm. by 26-28. 
Breeding season. September to November. 
This most beautiful Cockatoo was not known to science until 1830. This 
lack was due to its habitat, being a native of the interior, and therefore not 
occurring to the early voyageurs who touched the coast line and did not travel 
far inland. 
Gould wrote : “ This beautiful species of Cockatoo enjoys a wide range 
over the southern portions of the Australian continent ; it never approaches 
very near the sea, but evinces a decided preference for the belts of lofty gums 
and scrubs clothing the sides of the rivers of the interior of the country ; it 
annually visits the Toodyay district of Western Australia, and breeds at 
Gawler in South Australia. On reading the works of Sturt and Mitchell \I 
find that both these travellers met with it in the course of their explorations, 
particularly on the banks of the Rivers Darling and Murray ; in fact, most 
of the interior districts between New South Wales and Adelaide are inhabited 
by it ; but as yet no specimen has been received either from the north or north- 
west coasts. It must be admitted that this species is the most beautiful and 
elegant of the genus yet discovered Few birds more enliven the 
monotonous hues of the Australian forests than this beautiful species whose 
pink-coloured wings and glowing crest,’ says Sir T. Mitchell, 4 might have 
embellished the air of a more voluptuous region.’ Its note is more plaintive 
than that of C. galerita , and does not partake of the harsh grating sound peculiar 
to that species.” 
191 
