Identifier: royalnaturalhist47lyde (find matches)
Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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C0( K \lO()^ COCKATOOS. loi Great Black Tlie largest of all the cockatoos, and indeed one of the biggest Cockatoo. of the whole parrot tribe, is the great black cockatoo (Microglossusaterrimus), of the Papuan Islands and Xoith Australia, which is the sole represen-tative of its genus, and may be compared in size to a raven. It differs from allthe other members of the family in that the flesh-coloured cheeks are entirelynaked; and it takes its generic name from the small size of its tongue, which is
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HEAD OF CHEAT BLACK COCKATOO, WITH CREST DEPRESSED. (From Guillemards Crj<«se o/^/ifi i¥a-/-cAesrt.) slender and worm-like, aixl tlius (piite unlike that organ in other parrots. It isfurther characterised by the upper mandible being much compressed, and narrowerthan the lower one; while the great elongation and narrowness of the feathersof the crest are also distinctive. In the living state the plumage is of a slatyblack tint, powdered with grey; the forehea<l and lores being deep velvety black ;while the feathers of the wings and tail exhibit green reflections. The nakedcheeks are pale red, bordered with equally pale yellow, and the bill and feet areblack. In length this magnificent, but funereal-looking bird, measures from 29 to I02 PARROTS. 31 inches, some 10 of which are taken up by the tail. Tlie largest specimens comofrom the mainland of New Guinea, those inhabiting the Aru Islands being con-siderably smaller. The tongue occupies only a small space in the enormous mouth,

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