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Yellow-eared Black Cockatoo.
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] j ri " l> ^ ‘i ,' l P rl^ l4 ‘,rl' 1' ,he se u I i t ^ . n ' t « t snrpn,,,,. t see what enormous
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G I i r,l‘1''' ■ ■ ■ K Banksias! and. berries; chrysalides I H a J £ found in the stomachs of
p-^oine that were dissected., r
I found I exceedingly difficult to b M [ E B B
f h e - m o s t & d J . ^ ^ ^ ^ a r t s S E e
Mrew ^ ® rCt0n’ M H H I that a .pair were breed,ng B i on the estate of
M,. H H O B n r a | n n M M U S M B B i B 1 'their e r a procured for
me, a n d |'u ^ '^ p d of February 1880. J re tire dV n o te lion, h lm V * lw h l„‘ '
g g P ^ ^ g U n n e i l wrt| yoW request, I wrotetoyMr>Wettenhall upmgfht subject of the Black Cockatoo's
nest, and-be ^ j v i t h directed his shepherd to fell the t r e e ^ h i c h the bircBjSd established itself. It was
situated W g i | e y or bottom, anffiwas about f ^ r f . e t ,nd . BaHj ^ j S B u r " rh e ho“fe'was from ninety to
one k o n ^ ^ | ' f e ^ t h e ground, two fe etij? d ep f% Sn d 'm a d e|g ^m b 'oT k ' the h e £ tY # S t W bring
decayed. There appearance w h fW of a p e g Tbefree was brokenm g lee s' by'the fall, and the
contents of the hole or pest destroyed j ihejftagments, hayvigf,ƒ were sought for with f te ^ a te s tc a r e , and
that cpuld be found ?re perhapgbe;a»g e M state!i that.hoth , ^ i l e the tree was
being felled and for a short afterwards, a
round the-lree hefo«^i|fellr. u fte r i^& s loudest and most mpmtfui notps, and abtimes/turning npon the
-Hawk, until at length it flew off.”
The eggs are white,'from two to f o u t g ^ ^ g b ^ ’a n d ^ ^ S ^ and lines longdiyone inch J %
.lines broad.
The bird vanes copsiderabIyW| p | j n d weight, some specunen’a ^ p ^ a s ranch as onp pound amf1is?‘^
ounces, while others weighed no more tMlpme pound and three ounces.
The sexes, which differ but little from eaclf other,' may be thus described - 7
Crown of fhe head, cheeks, throat, upper and under, surface 'brownish black; feathers of the breast
.obscurely tipped natfe d l F W ^ f ear-coverts yellg^j Jwo'jaigtre tjjlgeathgrs 'd 'e 'ep^pkish brown, the
‘remainder black at the baseband T ip ^ tb e central portion bjan sflp tgme jpecimensimriform light lemon-
®pll|w, and in others the same .colour blotel^d'w ith spots, and markings of'browm*S$|ft fa some specimens
white, m others blackish brown; feet greyish browB; oyffil'in SMg blacky-in others pink; irides nearly
black.'
I believe the birds with white bills to he imxriaturejS» -
The figures are about tw ^ ^ ir^ s:o f the natural- size.