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THE BIRDS OF AUSTRALIA 
notes. Also called Cape York Cockatoo and Great Palm Cockatoo. 
Usually in pairs or small flocks, frequenting the scrubs and open 
forests. It breeds in the forest country, and feeds in the scrub on the 
kernels of large fruits and on grubs torn out of rotten wood. On 
several occasions a flock of these birds has been seen at play in a big 
tree, going through a series of displays and antics. A favourite food 
is the hard nut or stone of the nonda plum or weeba-tree. 
nest. In a hole either in a dead stump or a tree; if in a tree, usually 
about 35 feet from the ground, and of an average depth of 4 feet from 
the entrance; lined with splintered twigs. 
egg. White. Breeding-season: August to January. 
