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THE LIVING ANIMALS OF THE WORLD 



BLACK COCKATOO 



Found in pairs in thick forests 



The Hanging-parrots arc about the 

 same size as the well-known " love-birds," 

 and remarkable for their habit (if sleeping 

 suspended head-downwards by one foot from 

 the boughs of trees. They are all brilliantly 

 coloured birds, and have a fairly wide range, 

 extending from India and the Philippines 

 through the iVIalay region as far east as Duke 

 of York Island. 



The Australian Budgerigars, or Grass- 

 P.\RR.\KEETS, need no description here ; but 

 it is interesting to note that nearly allied to 

 them is a small species known as the SwAMP- 



or LCJNG-TAILED GROUND-PARRAKEET. As its 



by Bates in the interior of Brazil. As its 

 name implies, it is of a deep hyacinthine 

 colour, relieved by a bare patch of pure 

 white skin round the e}'es. It feeds on the 

 nuts of several palms, especially those of 

 the macuja. These nuts, which are so hard 

 as to be difficult to break without a heavy 

 hammer, are crushed to a pulp by the power- 

 ful beak of this macaw. 



Crests among parrots are common enough, 

 but only one species wears a frill ; this is 

 the Hawk-billed Parrot of the Amazon 

 Valley. It is closely related to the large 

 and well-known AMAZON PARROTS, and has 

 been aptl)' described as a most extraordinary 

 biril. Its coloration is striking — green above, 

 with a brown head ; the frill or rufif around 

 the neck shows up in strong contrast, being 

 dark red, with blue edges, and barred with 

 blue. The feathers of the breast and abdo- 

 men, like the frill, are also red and blue, 

 whilst the under-surfaces of the tail and 

 wings are black. It is only when the bird is 

 excited or angry that the ruft" is raised. 



Fhotit i'y S^holuitu rhoio. Co.] 



COCKATOO 



Cockatoos in a ivild state often congregate in immense Jiocks 



