2 (lARDEX AXD AVIARY BIRDS. 



tiiid minibers of i^rcen Parrots witli \o\vj,, poiiUecl tails, 

 and if wo watch the domestic affairs of these we shall 

 discover that their yoiuiii, as a rule, ])reser\'e the same 

 type. All these birds, therefore, we <iroup as a species, 

 called ill Eiiulish the Rose-rii\,u;ed Parrakeet, from the 

 pink v\n\x <>ii the neck of the males. In some places we 

 shall come across a smaller Pariakeet. of the same general 

 shape, but with the head of a strikingly different colour 

 from the body — plum-colour in the male and dull purple 

 in the female. If we attend to the ])ropa,L'ation of these 

 we shall discover that their younu in turn resemble them, 

 althouujh the coloured head takes some time to develop. 

 These, then, form another species, called the Plum-headed 

 Parrakeet. 



Further research will show us yet other kind.^. all a,uree- 

 ing in general shape, but differing slightly in proportions, 

 and more in colour. We group all these together as a 

 (fenus ; in popular language, they are all birds of the same 

 stjjle, thcmuh each species, or collection of individuals, 

 differs in certain details which are peculiar to ir. 



If we examine the Parrakeets brought from Australia, 

 we shall observe that while they can be divided up into 

 groups of individuals, forming species, which grou))s 

 differ in colour even more strikingly than our Indian 

 birds, yet many of them agree closely in certain details 

 which mark them off as another group or genus. Thus, 

 though their tails are long and ))ointed. they are very 

 much shorter and broader than those of the Indian 

 Parrakeets ; their legs are loiiger, and, if we come to keep 

 and observe them, we shall find their movements are 



