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V O VA © E To NEW SOUTH WALE S.
by fupieificial 'èxanühersi J Here we pitched
«hadh .dbeagp^rnwe aeyfep travelled) ibr
the nigbt, a fwamp^out of which, we were fupplied
indeed, eiithérlof .the ibeft or cleardi kind.
The night being eol;d,> and a heavy dew falling, we kept up
a Jwge fife before the tents, which, though in one refpedt
an Excellent precaution, far'from chafing away, feemed to
glkre: rhe mu%nftQs*Kwdikh^toimacnèed us löé^prèfiïbly
during the whole night. We this. &kf ;■cidlfcovered thé'
Panhfian Cockatoo, This fpeciés was firfi defcribedvby Mr.
> in his ieventh volume: or fupplement to the
&$n4$fik s f Birdsir and the one inf the plate annexed
difièrs afreet tha£ in * feme '.few particulars.— In Mr.’
$ {figure:; the general odour is; dnlky black, the 4ed4
fhers o f ;the .head lodger than tfie reff* forming a créff;
gnd #aeh of -ithofb 'on the head, hack of thé neck, and
ïïiajof 4 part o f • the wings,,; have a fpot of buff-colour at the
tips j jthe wilder parts ofitbe -body barred < with- narrow bars
-of buff-coloür^ the tail is black at the bottom and ends df
the; feathers, but ■ the middle o f a fine red, barred irregularly
with hlack.Tr-rln our fpecimen, ithe general colour of
the bird is olivd, or rufty. black ; the head feathers pretty
• ■ T 2 ’ long,
1788%
April.