zoological gardens. 
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The species of Cockatoos generally exhibited are the fol¬ 
lowing :— Cacalua moluccensis , the Rose-crestecl Cockatoo ; 
C. cristata , the greater White-crested Cockatoo ; C. 
galerita , the Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo; C. sul¬ 
phured, the Lesser Sulphur-crested Cockatoo ; C. citrino - 
cristata , the Citron-crested Cockatoo ; C. leadbeateri , Lead- 
beater’s Cockatoo; C. roseicapilla , the Roseate Cocka¬ 
too; Licmetis temcirost?'is, the Slender-billed Cockatoo ; L. 
gymnopis, the Bare-eyed Cockatoo, and Microglossa aterrima , 
the great Black Cockatoo. The most remarkable of these 
Cockatoos is undoubtedly the last, which is an inhabitant 
of New Guinea. Its bill is of enormous power, and 
appears to be used for stripping off the leaves of palms 
near the top of the stem, in order to reach the central 
tender shoot. The plumage is wholly black with a long 
crest, but the cheeks are flesh-coloured. 
The Androglossince or fleshy-tongued parrots, so named 
from their tongues being fleshy like that of man, are repre¬ 
sented by the so-called Amazon parrots of South America, 
by the Lories and Love-birds, but the most familiar example 
is the well known Grey Parrot of Africa which is the most 
linguistically accomplished of all. The appropriateness 
of this Parrot’s sayings is sometimes very remarkable, 
and Mr. Bowdler Sharpe relates an instance in which an 
accomplished bird having been sent to compete at a Parrot 
Show, and having been kept covered up until its merits 
came to be settled by the judges, looked around it when its 
cage came to be uncovered, and exclaimed, “ By Jove, 
what a lot of parrots,” a speech that at once gained for it 
the first prize. 
The Conures or Conurincz are illustrated in this house by 
the well known Indian parrots, Palceornis cyanocephalus, the 
