. Bird notes . Young Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Btccdlii<i of Siilplmr-cresicd Cockatoos. 65 been the last tv o years—to go up to the nest when the young!)irds liad only b(.en hatched out ;! t\\\ hours, and I noticedthat the scale--! do not know tlie coriect term for Ji- whichon^ hnds oi th^ tip of the beak of newly hatched thickswas in their case silUc^ied at the base of the beak on thefrontal. As a match of fact, it vould have bjen no use tothem in the orthodox position, but it .vould make it ajjpearthat the fracture of the shell is not caused by lapping, asis popularly supposed to be the
. Bird notes . Young Sulphur-crested Cockatoos, Btccdlii<i of Siilplmr-cresicd Cockatoos. 65 been the last tv o years—to go up to the nest when the young!)irds liad only b(.en hatched out ;! t\\\ hours, and I noticedthat the scale--! do not know tlie coriect term for Ji- whichon^ hnds oi th^ tip of the beak of newly hatched thickswas in their case silUc^ied at the base of the beak on thefrontal. As a match of fact, it vould have bjen no use tothem in the orthodox position, but it .vould make it ajjpearthat the fracture of the shell is not caused by lapping, asis popularly supposed to be the case with and thelike, but merely by the increasing pressure brought aboutby the young birds expansion and jnovements, this pressurebecoming greatest in the one case at the end of the beak,and in the other at the forehead. In conclusion ! may add what a fine and interestingspectacle these birds make while enjoying controlled liberty—their flight evolutions, expression of vaiious emotions, etc.,a
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