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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."

=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.

=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, Cacatöes.]

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.

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