Cockatoo

The cockatiel, a member of the cockatoo family endemic to Australia, makes an excellent household pet.

Mr. Hungerton, her father, really was the most tactless person upon earth—a fluffy, feathery, untidy cockatoo of a man, perfectly good-natured, but absolutely centred upon his own silly self.

Without his spear, he is unable to transfix the kangaroos and wallabies on which he so much depends for his daily food, and, robbed of his boomerangs and nullah-nullahs, the wild duck can pass him scatheless, and the cockatoo can scream defiance from the lofty trees.

"You're pretty," said the cockatoo.

We saw some cockatoos in the aviary.