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diftinguifli the European fpecies. The whole bircT r 
except the long wing-feathers, which are white, is of 
the deepetl and fulleft black: the beak is of a fine red, 
and the Ik in furrounding the bafe is continued high 
over the forehead and beyond the eyes : the tip of the 
upper mandible is blackifh, and near the tip is a fpot 
of yellow. The legs are black; the feet fomewhat 
paler. 
The original drawing of this moft curious bird, ac¬ 
curately taken from the life, and from which the pre- 
lent figure is copied, was obligingly communicated by 
Thomas Wilfon, Efq. of Gower Street, to whom it 
was fent, together with many other non-defeript ani¬ 
mals, &c. by Mr. White, chief furgeon to the Englilh 
lettlement at New South Wales. 
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