Select Specimens from nature, of the Birds Animals, &c, &c, of New South Wales, Collected and Arranged by Thomas Skottowe Esqr. The Drawings By T.R. Browne. N.S.W. Newcastle New South Wales 1813

10 [watercolour illustration of Black Swan]

11 STAR WING This Bird is called from the White spot in its Wings is of the Hawk species, when soaring in the air it has a very beati-ful appearance from the transparent Nature of it Plumage. In  size the starwing approaches the English Sparrow Hawk the somewhat smaller.    Native Name Tomashema  

12 [watercolour illustration of Star Wing]

13 Black & White Cockatoo These Birds are very numnerous and in their wild state their note is of a most discordant Nature. The White Bird however when tame can be trained to talk. I have never seen a Black one alive in the possession  of any one. Native Names Black Whiela   White Karibi  

14 [watercolour illustration of White & Black Cockatoos]