Order PSITTACIFORMES. Family KAKATOEIDM, 
No. 81. 
LICMETIS TENTJIROSTRIS. 
(PASTINATOB AND DEEBYI.) 
LONG-BILLED COCKATOO. 
(Plate 62.) 
Licmetis tenuirostris Mathews, Birds Austr., Vol. VI., pt. n., p. 214, pi. 290, Peb. 6th, 1917: 
Partim. 
Licmetis pastinator Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1840, p. 175, July, 1841 : West Australia. 
Licmetis tenuirostris derbyi Mathews, Austral. Av. Rec., Vol. III., pt. 3, p. 57, April 7th, 1916: 
Derby, North-west Australia. 
Distribution : Mid and South-west Australia. 
Lichmetis pastinator. 
Adult male. Fore-head dark salmon-pink, feathers of the head white with salmon-pink bases; 
remainder of the upper-surface, including the wing-coverts, white ; primary and secondary 
quills white with the greater part of the iimer web lemon-yellow ; middle pair of tail-feathers 
white, remainder white, with the greater part of the inner web lemon-yellow; lores rich 
salmon-pink ; naked space round eye of a bright pale blue ; sides of face, ear-coverts and 
cheeks white with salmon-pink bases ; entire under-surface, including the under wing and 
tail-coverts, white, suffused with pink on the throat : quills below, pale lemon-yellow, 
becoming white towards the tip. Bill pale yellow, iris dark hazel, orbits pale blue, feet 
mealy-olive, claws horn. Total length 480 mm. : culmen 51, wing 320, tail 164, tarsus 28. 
Lake Muir, West Australia. 
This bird always looks dirty ; it seems never to be pure white in the adult stage. 
Lichmetis derbyi. 
Adult. General colour of the plumage white, faintly suffused with very pale yellow and with bright 
salmon-j?ink bases to the feathers of the fore-head, lores, sides of the face, ear-coverts, cheeks 
and throat; primaries and secondaries white, with the greater part of the inner web lemon- 
yellow ; middle tail-feathers uniform white, remainder of the tail white with the greater part 
of the inner web lemon-yellow T , quills below r pale lemon-yellow. Derby, West Australia. 
Nest. A hole in a tree, the eggs deposited on the debris. 
Eggs. Clutch tw r o to four, white. 37 to 40 mm. by 28-29. 
Breeding-season. August to November. 
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