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-REAT 
^hite-Crested Cockatoo. 
Psittacus leucolophus, Euss. 
Synonyms; Cacatua leucolophus, Cacatua cristatella, 
Plictolophus leucolophus, etc. German : Der weisshhuhige Kakadu. 
T his fine bird is often confounded with the Eed-crested Cockatoo 
[Psittacus Moluccensis), its very near relative, as well as with its 
distant connection, the Great Sulphur-crested Cockatoo of Australia 
[Psittacus galeritus)’, it is a native of the Eastern Moluccas, while the 
Eed-crested variety is only found in Ceram, one of the larg’er islands 
of the group, and the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo abounds in Tasmania, 
and the whole of the southern portions of the Australian mainland. 
The Moluccas being a Dutch possession, this bird generally arrives 
in England via Holland, and commands a good price in the bird- 
market: from sixty to ninety marks being asked and given for it in 
Germany, while in England it can seldom be obtained for a less sum 
than £3 or £4. 
In size it almost equals the dimensions of the Eed and Blue Macaw 
[Psittacus Macao). The colour of the beak is bluish-black, the feet are 
lead colour, and the strong nails black: a white circle surrounds the 
6ye, the irides are black, or brownj the former colour indicating the 
male and the latter the female. The whole of the plumage is snow- 
white, with the exception of the primaries and the exterior feathers of 
the tail, which are primrose yellow. The crest, which the bird can 
raise and depress at will, is five inches in length, and, when the owner 
is at rest, it lays close back against the head and upper part of the 
neck. 
The Eed-crested variety, (the difference is so slight that it cannot 
be constituted into a species) has the crest feathers, all but the first 
