BIRDS. 
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THE COCKATOO. (Plyctolophus galeriius.) 
THIS bird is distinguished from the parrots, and all others, 
by a beautiful crest, composed of a tuft of elegant fea- 
thers, which he can raise or depress at pleasure. We 
meet with some of a beautiful white plumage, and the 
inside feathers of the crest of a pleasing yellow colour, 
with a spot of the same under each eye, and one upon the 
breast. This bird often repeats the word Cockatoo, and 
has also been taught some others, but he does not articu- 
late so well as the parrots. The Cockatoos are natives of 
the Indian Islands, and Australia, where they are found 
in great abundance. 
