THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA, 
was white with feathers and their droppings. Many leaves and small twigs 
were stripped from the trees, giving them a bare appearance. Nov. 28, 1908. 
A very large flock (many hundreds) came to Parry’s Lagoon to drink, it was 
nearly dark. Several small flocks scattered about the plains.” 
Mr. J. P. Rogers’ notes recorded by Hall (Emu, Vol. II., p. 62, 1902) read : 
“ The Cockatoos (Cacatva gymnopis) have been calling all night (North-west 
Australia, 9/3/01). The flood waters covered the bases of the trees in which 
they were roosting, and the rushing of the torrent probably disturbed them. 
It was moonlight, though cloudy. On 28/9/00 Mr. M’Larty, the Iivuringa 
station manager, discovered a nest with one featherless young. When feeding 
upon the cajuput blossoms (24/10/01) it cuts off the flowering twigs, I should 
say to the same issue as the Black Cockatoo, i.e., when used destroyed, to save 
time in going ‘ fruitlessly over the same ground.’ ” 
Mr. Tom Carter gave a note in the Emu , Vol. III., p. 171, 1904, regarding 
its occurrence at the North-west Cape, West Australia. In the Emu , Vol. IV., 
p. 38, 1904, a plate V. is given of a flight of Bare-eyed Cockatoos with a note : 
“ A large flock of Bare-eyed Cockatoos (Cacatua gymno'pis) passed over the 
hotel (Wyndham) before sundown every night going to their roosting-places in 
the hills. I estimated the number at between sixty and seventy thousand.” 
Whitlock, writing of the Pilbarra Goldfield (Emu, VIII., p. 191, 1909), 
stated : “ Rare. A pair or two on the Upper Coongan. I think I had located 
a nest in a tall gumtree. The female was not sitting, so I unwillingly had to 
come away without getting the eggs. I heard several reports as to the abund- 
ance of white Cockatoos in different localities, but when visited not a bird was 
to be seen. On the De Grey I only saw a party of four. I think they were 
reierable to the present species.” 
In the next volume (p. 192, 1910) he continued in connection with East 
Murchison birds : “ I saw little of this familiar cage-bird until I went to 
Milly Pool. Here they were fairly common and breeding in the hollow 
eucalypts. I located several nests, but, being unprovided with a rope ladder 
(not anticipating such large timber) I was quite helpless until some Cockatoo- 
hunters came out from Wiluna.” 
Dr. W. Macgillivray used the name Cacatua sanguinea, observing (Emu, 
Vol. XIII., p. 157, 1914) : “ This Cockatoo, which is generally regarded 
now' as sjmonymous with C. gymnopis is a common bird in the Gulf country, 
and was noted frequently on the Cloncurry, Leichhardt, and Gregory Rivers. 
Several nesting hollows were examined in February and March, 1910, con- 
taining either eggs or young birds. At Sedan, on the Cloncurry, each nest 
contained either two eggs or young. At Normanton these birds were seen in 
large flocks in the winter.” 
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