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CALYPTORHYNCHUS FUNEREUS, Shaw. 
Funereal Cockatoo. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Yol. ii., sp. 401, p. 20. 
“ The eggs of this species are white and two in number about 
one inch and live-eights long by one inch and three-eighths broad, 
are deposited on the rotten wood in the hollow branch of a large 
gum.” (Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust,.. Vol. ii., p. 20.) 
Ilah. Wide Bay District, Dawson River, Richmond and 
Clarence Rivers Districts, New South Wales, Victoria and South 
Australia, Tasmania. (Ramsay.) 
CALYPTORHYNCHUS XANTHONOTUS, Gould. 
Yellow-eared Black Cockatoo. 
Gould, Handbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 402, p. 22. 
“ This bird lays two white eggs in some large rotten gum-tree, 
generally where one of the large branches has rotted off at the 
fork ; inside this hole, which occasionally extends live or six feet 
down the bole of the tree, the bird scrapes and clears away some 
of the rotten wood until a sort of seat is formed ; for it is a very 
rude attempt at making a nest. The laying commences about the 
latter end of October or beginning of November. The eggs are 
one inch and eight lines long by one inch and four lines broad.” 
(Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., p. 22.) 
Dr. Ramsay, who has examined one of the types of this species 
considers it identical with C.funereus' 
Hob. Tasmania. 
CALYPTORHYNCHUS BAUDINII, Vigors. 
Baudin’s Cockatoo. 
Gould, Ilandbk. Bds. Aust., Vol. ii., sp. 403, p. 25. 
“ Tliis species breeds in the holes of the highest white gum-trees, 
often in the most dense and retired part of the forest. The eggs 
