leadbeater

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


applied to a Cockatoo, Cacatua leadbeateri, Vig., called LeadbeatersCockatoo by Major Mitchell (q.v.).

1890. Lyth, `Golden South,' c. xiv. p. 127:

«The birds are very beautiful – – the Blue Mountain and Lowrieparrots . . . leadbeater, and snow-white cockatoos.»