CALYPTORHYNCHUS MACRORHYNCHUS, Gmid.
Great-bilied Black Cockafejo.
jffalyptorhynchus macrorhyncku, GiiuCUi^ Cffip 'u t ( Vim, X,‘], ’l ) V ' j \
Lar-a-wuk, Natives of Taratong.
ALL E H exam’Ples of tllis species that have come under my notice have beep collected at Port Essington,
usually l i i p n six It his many characters in common
» t lm p a c k . ^ c k a t o o s of the r o w coast, b u t^ ^ s ^ ^m s tofrthe genus yet discovered has the bill so
largejy development is doubtless requisite it to^^pi^eisome peculiar kind of
food at present u n k n ow nH ^ ^ it assimilates to t^§%(7ooM of New.&dut|i Wales in the lengthened form
# ' f l cre{£;'butrdiffers in having larger.
The females of the, two species also vary"c^l i f t ^ l y m " th e c ^ o ^ ^ Q o f the bands across the tail-
T^thers, ^ f f iiB ^ th e 6$Cooi&> i y ^ ^ ^ H efewhilesthe ^m e^ a fK o f the female of the present bird is
m i n ^ e d ^ ^ ^ ^ ® "scarlet. It differs froi^T| ^ ^ & ^ ‘6f Westei-h^ u s ^ S a gm ^ ^ in g a larger bill than
that species, and in ' the ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ e a t e r length of the crest difference^^Jlso observable in the
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ d f ’tlie tail-feathers of the females th ^ ^ ^ p ro |n already^oinfeafoufr' with regard to C. Cookii.
I f ^ B e ry ^p ow e r^^p ^ ^g apd its habits and economy a r^ ^ g im ila r to the^other members of the genus
upifra' description of them w o d j^ e supei^hous. ' c.
•- The m|le has the" whole ofthe plumage glossy bluish black ; ■ lateral tail-feathers, except the external web
^Qf j^ie outer one, crossed by a,^road band offing scarlet; bill horn-colour; irides blackish brown; feet
mealy'hlackish Ihrpjufc1“-' '
TbMemale has the general plumage as-ihfthe male, but with the crest-feathers, those on the sides ofthe
| | | | | j p i d petk^and^tli^^pig-c^jrts spotted with l i g h t ^ f l ^ j v'eac^feather ^ t h e under surface but particularly
the chest, crossed by several sen^ic'ilc^^fascise of yellowish buff; lateral tail-feathers crossed on
th d ;i^d e | surfdce ^ I f n ^ g r ^ ^ fp e g u f e r bands of dull yellow, which ar^Epad , and freckled with black at
the base of the tail, and becopie narrower and more;irr|gular’ as' they>approaeh the tip ; on the upper surface!
of the tail these bands, arlplujig^^^ base, of the feathers, and:gr^^mly change into pale
scarlet as they approach the tip '; irides blackish,brdpifei -
‘. ^ h e 'Plate represents the^two sexes about two-thirds, of the natural size*