LICMETISlWASICUS.
Long-billed Cockatoo. .
Psittacus nasicus, Temm. in Linn. Trans., vol. xiii. ip. 115.—lb. PL Col., 331.
Long-nosed CocU&tgQ^Lath. Gen. Hist., vol.
Licmetis tequirostris, Wagl. Mon. 695 —G. R. Gray, List of Gen.*of Birds, wr a p « ~
Psittacus tenuirostris, Kuhl ptijoT^Atcta, tom. x. p. 88.
Gacatua nasica, Less. •'I^aite'd’
Plyctolophus imMtVos?mj S te p ^ ^ n ||o f i3iiaw'’s G e n . p : 108,
The Red-vented (^c&afo^Br o wn
As the Long-billed White .Cockatoos from^f|ste rn Australia and New South ^ a h is as distinct, the
tiflflitat the present species, so far;.a,s.is yet known, is confined to the districts of Port Philip and South
| | | | E | | i | | where* itJ^P^itSL-the interior rather th£§ j§ fe neighbourhood of the coast. Like the common
Gacatua galerita, it assembles p f S g e flocks and spends much of its timeon the ground, where it grubs up
the roots and other bulbous p lau t^u p o ra ^^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^m jy subsists, and hence the necessity for its
singularly-formed b |^ ^ E ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ g j^ U t l y makes inroads to the newly-sown fields of corn, where it ffijlft
most destrijctiyeSbird imaginable. It passes o v e r ^ ^ ^ ^ o ij^ ^ ^ a succession of hops, much more quickly
the Cacatua galerita i its powers of flight also exceedrthose 'of that birdj^nqt perhaps in duration^ but
in the rapidity with which it passesi^th^^ghVj^^^y^I noticed this particularly when a flock passed me in
South Au%t^idia. * I have seen many indmd^S.d^J^|s":species in vcapfivity, both ini New
South Wales ta ^ f lh this couutry j ^ h d although they appear to bear confinement equally as- well(-ias the
^ ^ r members of th e ^ ^ fe tjth e y seemed more dull and morose, and of a very-irritable temper.
The eggs, which are white, ;t#b^iD^^mheV.Pndfhbdiifrvlhe size of those of the Cacatua galerita, are usually
deposited _qma layer of rotten wood at the bottom, of holes iq the larger gum-trees,
peaces are alike inVcolour and size^
The general plumage white, washed with pale brimstone-yellow on the under: surface of the ^W^;and
with bright brimstone-yellow on the under surface of the tail; line across the forehead and lores scarlet;
the feathers of'^|be3^ ^ g n e c k and breast, are also scarlet at the'base, showing through" the;whitp|mrHcu-
larly on the breast; i rides light brownCj3biJkwnite; naked sl^^Mund the eye greenish blue; legs and feet
The two figures in the accompanying Plate are rathey less than the natural size.