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Title: The animal kingdom : arranged after its organization, forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy
Year: 1849 (1840s)
Authors: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University) NCRS Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873 Mudie, Robert, 1777-1842 Johnston, George, 1797-1855 Westwood, J. O. (John Obadiah), 1805-1893 Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885
Subjects: Animals
Publisher: London : Wm. S. Orr and Co., Amen Corner, Paternoster Row
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^V, F\g. 105.—StiTUgni nf P\not. ntinent and islands, where there i The Parrots have been arranged under many named subdivisions* the limits of which are mostly arbitrarj-,though several very natural jfroups are tolerably distinct. First, amouff llie species with square tails, we may notice the great Black Cockatoos of Australia (Ca/j/^/orvncAu*,Vig.), large crested species, with beak of extraordinary strength, and very deep vertically. Their plumage isblack*with some red or yellow on the tail; wings capable of vigorous flight; and food tlie seeds of the Ettcalj/pti,with the juice of which fruit their bills are generally stained. Attempts to maintain them in captivity appearto have always hitherto faileil. The subdivision Cori/doH, Waglen, is barely separable. The White Cockatoos (Pli/ctulophu4, Vieillot), the species of whichinhabit the Indian Archipelago and Australia, fall into two minorgroups according to the form of the crest. Their disposition is sin-gularly gentle and aflecti
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