Show S NATURE LI LIy h 4 y w wp p STAINED BLOOD TOO nr ny ARTHUR N X PACK President The Tho American AssocIation Th The stained blood cockatoo a native of Australia Is called so-called so because Its otherwise white whit plum plumage age Is given variegation by a few rosy feather about the tho neck n ck and face The whiteness of Its It attire Is Ism m marred almost always by the th dirt encountered In Its feeding on the ground and 1 digging diggin for roots and other food such as fruit and seeds It shows marked preference for forthe forthe the kernel of the canary nut whIch grow grows on a lofty forest tree treo The Tho very ery hard shell hell of the th nut Is h l cut by a a sawing motion of the tho parrots parrot's lower bill The very long and sharp point ed bill Is used to advantage In picking out the th kernel which Is seized morsel by morsel b by the tho extended tongue Unlike many many birds In destroying the young of their host hot the lh cock cock- cockatoo cockatoo atoo Moo spares these inhabitants Inhabitant of the nest when the h new quarters are captured from tho the galah II a known known well parrot of Australia This may show how the th wisdom of oth the cockatoo because thereby the chance of ot tho tribe trib of o young cockatoos are ar Increased for future futuro profit Usually bIrd on appropriating nests of o others other that they overcome clear out the th acquIred home before setting tiling up house house- housekeeping housekeeping houe keeping for tor themselves Many parrots parrot like to strip the bark from br branches of o trees and the cockatoo frequently betrays the location of ot its Ils It nest net be because ause of this fondness However er the th nest Is not alwa always Its habitation when In the wet I season eason mainly August and Sep Sep- September tern ber this parrot decides decide to I nest A hollow In a II tree Is Its I first t choice but lut If It this thi Is not available It contents Itself with witha a cavity among the th rocks or Of the top of ot a 0 large ant hill In this case cas the th cockatoo builds no nest nest neat but the tho th eggs egg two to to four In number are ar laid on the floor of the tho th unlined cavity whIch Is Its abode |