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The Greater Cockatoo. 
T HERE is a greater and a lefier Bird of this Kind ; the Greater (here to be defcrib- 
ed) is of the Bignefs of a Raven ; the Lefier not bigger than a common Pigeon, 
The Bill is very large and ftrong ; it hath a Skin covering the Bafe of the upper 
Mandible, wherein are placed the Noftrils; the fame Skin goes round the Angles 
of the Mouth. The whole Bill, with the Skin at its Bafe, is of a blueifh Black. 
The Head is great in Proportion to the Body ; the Eyes are of a dark Colour, encom- 
pafied with a bare Skin of a light Ada-Colour. The white Feathers that cover the 
Head, are very long and loofe, efpecially thofe on the Top of the Head, which the 
Bird can either eredt into a Creft, or let fall on the Hinder-part of the Neck. The 
Bird when anger’d raifes not only his Creft, but the Feathers on the Sides of his 
Head, in which A£t all the under Part of the Feathers of the Creft are dilcovered to 
be of a fine Scarlet, which oppofed to the white Feathers of the Bird fhow very 
agreeably. When the Creft is let fall, the Red on the under Sides of the Feathers 
refledt through them,- and change the White on the Outfide of the Creft, to a 
Bloftom-Colour. The whole Plumage of the Bird may be called White, though it 
is tindtured with other Colours in fome Parts; on the Back it hath a faint Tindture of 
Cream-Colour; on the Head and Breaft a little Cloud of Rofe ; the Covert- 
Feathers within Side of the Wings, and the under Side of the Tail, are tindtured 
with a bright Yellow. The Tail is fhort, having the Feathers of equal Length, 
hardly exceeding the Length of the Wings; the Legs and Feet are of a Lead-Colour; 
the Toes are difpofed two forwards and two backwards, as in other Parrots. 
This Bird was brought from the Eaf-Indies . I drew it from a Bird fhewn in Bar¬ 
tholomew-Fair, London. —The lefier Cockatoo differs very little from the Greater, ex¬ 
cept in Magnitude, and in having the Creft Yellow, and turning up at the End 
when it is let fall on the Neck ; the Colour and Shape of its other Parts agree pretty 
nearly with the Greater. Alhin has figur’d the Lefier in his Hijiory cj Birds , Fol. III. 
P. 12. The Hen of the greater Sort, as I fuppofe, I faw at the late Dr. P/umptre’s ; 
it was of a dirtier White, and without the red Colour in the Creft. I faw alfo at 
Copt-Hall , in Efl’ex, the Seat of- Conyers, Efq; an exceeding fine Cock-Bird, of 
the greater Kind. Both Sorts are Natives of the Eaji-Indies. I (ball here prefent the 
Reader with a fhort Extradl from Churchil’s ColkBion of Voyages, Vol. I. P. 45. from 
JNavaratte* s Voyages written in Spanifo, <c At Macafar (in the Eafl-Indies) there are 
“ a great many of a Sort of Birds they call Cacatua ; they are all White, fome bigger 
“ than Hens; their Beak like a Parrot’s ; they are eafily made tame, and talk. 
“ When they ftand upon their Guard they are very fightly, for they fpread a Tuft of 
“ Feathers that is on their Heads, and look moft lovely. [I fuppofe he means by 
ct fhowing the fine red Colour when the white Feathers are fpread.] The Portu- 
“ gueze carry them to China , and thofe People give good Rates for them.” I do not 
find that we have yet any Figure or Defcription of this Bird.. 
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