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The palm cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed
AUSTRALIAN
Of or pertaining to Australia. -- n.
COCKATOO
A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuinæ, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested