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=185* Musk Lorikeet=, Green Keet, Green Leek (e), _Glossopsittacus concinnus_, E.A., S.A., T.

[~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. v.c. _flowering eucalypts_ 8.5

Green; forehead, behind ear red; bill black tipped red; f., sim. Honey. Screech.

=186 Purple-crowned Lorikeet=, _G. porphyrocephalus_, N.S.W.

V., S.A., W.A.

[~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. flocks with 185. r. _eucalypts_ 6.5

Green; forehead red, yellow; behind ear fainter red, yellow; crown purple; behind head yellowish-green; shoulder light-blue; under wing crimson; under greenish-gray; flanks, under-tail golden-green; bill black; f., sim. Honey. Screech.

=187 Little Lorikeet=, Jerryang, _G. pusillus_, E.A., S.A., T.

[~185-187 _Genus, Glossopsitta._]

Nom. flocks with 185. c. _eucalypts_ 6.5

Green; face deep-red; hind-neck brown; wings black edged green; tail feathers grass-green, inner webs red at base, yellowish at tip; f., smaller. Honey. Screech.

F. 74. CYCLOPSITTACIDAE (2), Fig-Parrots, 23 sp. A.

F. 75. CACATUIDAE (17), COCKATOOS, 29 sp.--28(28)A., 1(1)O.

(Philippine Is.).

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=188 Black Cockatoo=, Funereal Black Cockatoo, _Calyptorhynchus funereus_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., S.A., T., King Is.

Small flocks, r. _timber_ 26

Black; ear-patch, under tail yellow; f., sim. Wood-boring larvae. Seeds. "Wy-la."

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=189 Banksian Cockatoo=, Banksian Black Cockatoo, C. _banksi_, E.A., S.A.

r. _timber_ 24

Glossy greenish-black; vermilion-red band on tail; f., yellow side of head, neck. Caterpillars, seeds.

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=190 Glossy Cockatoo= (Leach Black), _C. viridis_, E.A., S.A.

Small flocks, r. _timber_ 19.5

Glossy greenish-black; deep vermilion-red on tail; f., no vermilion on tail. Sheoak (_Casuarina_) seeds.

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=191* Gang-gang Cockatoo= (Red-crowned), Red-crowned Parrot (e), Galah (e), _Callocephalum galeatum_, S.Q., N.S.W., V., T., King Is.

[~191 _Genus, Callocephalon._

v.r. _forest_ 13.5

Head, crest fine scarlet; rest slate-gray barred grayish-green; wings tinged green; under tinged red; f., head, crest gray. Eucalypt seeds.

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=192 White Cockatoo= (Sulphur-crested), _Cacatua galerita_, A., T., King Is.

[~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoes._]

Nom. Flocks, v.c. _timber_, _open plains_ 20

White; crest, under wing, portion of tail sulphur-yellow; f., sim. Seeds, grain, native bread, bulbous roots, grasshoppers'

eggs. Screech.

=193* Pink Cockatoo= (Leadbeater), Major Mitchell, _C.

leadbeateri_, Int. A.

[~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoes._]

Nom. r. _lofty gums_ 16

"Most beautiful and elegant" cockatoo; white; forehead, neck, under wing, middle abdomen, base of tail salmon pink becoming deeper under wing; crest crimson, yellow, white; eyes black; f., yellow in crest brighter; eyes reddish-brown. Plaintive cry.

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=194* Rose-breasted Cockatoo=, Galah, Willie-willock, Willock, _C. roseicapilla_, A., T. (acc).

[~192-194 _Genus, Cacatoes._]

Nom. large flocks, c. _plains_ 14

Upper gray; under deep rose pink; head pinky-white; "the second most beautiful of cockatoos;" f., sim. Seeds, salt-bush.

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=195 Long-billed Cockatoo=, Corella, _Licmetis nasica_, N.

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