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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
grasses. When disturbed, it rises with a loud screech, sometimes alight¬ 
ing on a dead tree, but mostly on the ground again. 
nest. In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
eggs. Three or four, white. Breeding-season: September to Novem¬ 
ber. 
13. Gang-gang Cockatoo Callocephalon fimbriatum Grant— 13A. 
Female. 
Cal-lo-ceph'-al-on—G k, callos, beauty; Gk, cephale, head: fim-bri-a-tum 
—L., fimbriatus, fringed. 
distribution. New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, King Is¬ 
land, and formerly in South Australia. 
notes. Also called Red-headed Cockatoo or Parrot, Red-crowned 
Cockatoo or Parrot, and Galah. Usually in pairs or small flocks, 
frequenting chiefly heavily timbered mountain ranges. It procures 
most of its food in trees, and is generally seen feeding on the seeds of 
eucalypts as well as different species of acacia. It has a peculiar wheezy 
call-note, and when feeding also utters a quaint growling sound. Food: 
seeds of various kinds of trees, particularly acacias, generally eaten 
when green. 
nest. In a hollow limb or hole in a tree, at a considerable height 
from the ground. 
eggs. Usually two, white. Breeding-season: October to December 
or January. 
14. Glossy Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami Temminck 
Cal-ypt-o-rhynch'-us— Gk, calyptos, hidden; Gk, rhynchos ( rhugchos ), 
beak: lathami —John Latham (1740-1837), famous English ornitholo¬ 
gist who described many Australian birds. 
distribution. From central Queensland to Victoria and South 
Australia (Kangaroo Island). 
notes. Also called Leach’s Black Cockatoo. Usually in pairs 
or small flocks, frequenting heavily timbered mountain ranges and 
open forest-lands. It is generally s^en feeding on different species of 
casuarinas, the seeds of which appear to constitute its principal food. 
When feeding it is easy to approach, and when alarmed it moves, with 
a particularly laboured and heavy flight, to a nearby tree. 
nest. In a hollow limb or hole in a tree. 
egg. Dull white. Breeding-season: March to August. 
15. Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus funereus Shaw 
fun-er'-e-us— L., funereus , funereal , black. 
distribution. From central Queensland to Victoria and South 
Australia, King Island, and Tasmania. 
notes. Also called Funereal Black Cockatoo and Black Cockatoo. 
