GOLIATH ARATOO . — -Microglossum Aternmum. 
The first of the Cockatoos which will be noticed in these pages is the Goliath 
Aratoo, a striking and very remarkable bird. 
It is a native of New Guinea and the neighbouring islands, and is not a very 
common bird, although specimens may be found in several museums. The 
peculiar formation of the tongue and beak would lead the observer to suppose 
that its habits must be different from those of ordinary Cockatoos ; but little or 
nothing is known of its mode of life in a wild state. 
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