CONTENTS. 



IX 



Chapter. 



VII. The Parrots AND Pigeons .. 



The Parrot Order Generally — Typical Parrots — 

 Ring-necked Parakeet— Plum -headed Para- 

 keet — Rosella — Budgerigar — The Lories — For- 

 sten's Lorikeet — Harlequin Lorikeet — The 

 Cockatoos — Cockatiel — The Pigeons — Tame 



Ring-Dove — Wild Ring-Dove — Red Dove — 

 Spotted Dove — Little Brown Dove — Bronze- 

 wing Dove — Creitcd Dove — Harrial or Green 

 Pigeon. 



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 150—183 



VIII. Management of CAi-Trs'^E Birds 



Aviaries — Moveable Verandah Cages — Cages for 

 Single Birds — Perches — Nesting Places — 

 Cleaning' — Feeding and Drinking-vessels — Food 

 and Water — Grit, Lime and Salt — Rearing 

 Young Birds — Breeding — Taming Wild- 

 caught Birds — Handling Birds — Diseases and 

 Accidents — The Best Birds to Keep — Trans- 

 port of Birds. 



184—196 



Note. — Names of birds not occurring wild in the Indian Empire are 

 given above in itahcs, while in the text they are marked with an asterisk. 



