This bird was met with in New South Wales, and is supposed to be a variety, if not a different sex, from the Bankian Cockatoo described in the General Synopsis of Birds, Supplement, p. 63. pl. 109.  It varies, however, in not having the feathers of the head or those of the wing-coverts marked with buff-coloured spots; nor is the red part of the tail crossed with black bars, as in that bird.

With the above specimen was sent the head of another, which differed in having a mixture of yellow in various parts of it.  We have been informed, that the red part of the tail in this last is barred with black, not unlike that described by Mr. Latham in the Synopsis.  From these circumstances, it may be presumed, that this bird is subject to great variety.

Red shouldered parrot.  Order ii.  Pies.  Genus V.

This bird is about the size of the Guinea Parrakeet.  Total length ten inches and a half:  the general colour of the plumage is green, inclining to yellow on the under parts:  the top of the head, the outer edge of the wing, and some parts of the middle of the same are deep blue:  all round the base of the bill crimson, with a mixture of the same on the fore part of the neck, but between the bill and eye is a mixture of yellow:  the shoulders, and under parts of the wings are blood red:  two or three of the inner quills, and the vent pale red:  the greater quills dusky, fringed outwardly with yellow:  the tail is greatly wedged in shape, the feathers at the base chesnut, towards the end dull blue:  the bill and legs are brown.

This species inhabits New South Wales; and we believe it to be hitherto non-descript.

Crested goat sucker.  Order iii.  Passerine.  Genus XLV.

This bird is somewhat smaller than our European species, measuring only nine inches and a half in length.  The general colour of the plumage on the upper parts is dark-brown, mottled and crossed with obscure whitish bars:  the quills are plain brown, but five or six of the outer ones marked with dusky white spots on the outer webs:  the tail is rounded in shape, and marked with twelve narrow bars of a dusky white, mottled with black, as are the various whitish marks on the upper parts:  the under parts of the body are more or less white; but the fore part of the neck and breast are crossed with numerous dusky bars:  the bill is black, but the gape and within yellow; the sides of the mouth furnished with bristles, as in other goat-suckers; besides which, at the base of the bill are ten or twelve erect stiff bristles, thinly barbed on their sides, and standing perfectly upright as a crest, giving the bird a singular appearance:  the legs are weak, longer than in most of the tribe, and of a pale yellow colour; claws brown.

New Holland cassowary.  Order vi.  Struthious.  Genus LIX.  Cassowary.