r in such great
numbers, has a slate-coloured back, wings and tail, whilst its breast and
neck are of a beautiful rose-pink colour. It has a trifling crest, but
not one like the two first described cockatoos. We carried this bird with
us to the farthest north, as high up as the 25th parallel. There were
several nests at Fort Grey, from which the men procured several young;
one of which I brought alive to Adelaide. They hatch in the end of
October, and build in the hollows of the box-trees. A flock of these
cockatoos, turning their red breasts together to the sun in flying, look
very beautiful.

83. LICMETIS NASICUS.--Long-billed Licmetis.

This cockatoo is very like Cacatua sanguinea in colour and shape. It is
white, with a dirty shade of yellow under the wing. The upper mandibula
is much longer than the lower, overhanging it considerably. This it uses
to grub up roots and other things on which it lives. These cockatoos were
very numerous on the Murray, and are altogether distinct from the genus
to which I have compared them; but their note is very similar, and,
excepting to a naturalist, the difference is difficult to observe. The
skin round the eye of both species is much larger than the cere round
that of the common cockatoo.

84. CALYPTORHYNCHUS FUNEREUS?--Black Cockatoo.

This fine bird was widely distributed over the brushy land of the
interior, but was never seen in any considerable numbers. Its plumage is
black, and the broad feathers in the tail are of a light yellow
underneath. There is a supposition that when these cockatoos fly across
the country uttering their hoarse note, it is a prelude to rain; but
unfortunately I can bear testimony to the contrary, having often seen
them so fly over my head when I would have given my right arm for water.
I am not aware that the Black Cockatoo will survive captivity, I believe
they always pine and die.

85. POLYTELIS MELANURA.--Black-tailed Parroquet.

The Murray Parrot, with a bright yellow body and neck, the feathers at
the back of the neck having a greener tinge. The long feathers of the
wing are of a blue black, as also the tail, but in the wings there are
three or four desultory red feathers. This bird visits the valley of the
Murray in great numbers in the summer months, where its young are taken
in great numbers, and easily tamed in cages. I was unable to make out
where this bird comes from, or the point to which it migrates. Their
place of abode during the