INDEX 



A. 



Abscesses, 69, 70 

 Acclimatised, misinterpretation of 

 the term, 15 

 Parrots, 13 

 Advantages of parrots over other 



creatures, 1 

 Africa, treatment of Grey parrots 



in, 8 

 Age of : 



Amazons, 46 



Black-bonnet and lory, 170 

 Cockatoos, 46, 141 

 Grey parrot, 46, 90 

 Uliger's macaw, 195 

 Larger parrots, 36 

 Macaws, 188 

 Military macaw, 190 

 Miiller's parrot, 136 

 Parrots in general, 46 

 E,ed-and-yellow macaw, 192 

 Eed-crested cockatoo, 148 

 Air tubes, catarrh in the, 54 

 Alecto cockatoo, 158, 159, 160 

 Alexanderpapagei, 200 

 Alexander parrakeet, 204 

 Alexandrine paeraseets : 

 Food, 31, 32 

 Names of : 



Black-billed, 209 

 Great, 204, 205 

 Javan, 206, 207 

 Luzian's, 210 

 Mauritius, 203, 204 

 Eose-breasted, 208 

 , (See also under respective 



headings) 

 All-green parrakeet : 

 Breeding, 234 



All-green parrakeet (continued): 

 Commerce, important article 



of, 233 

 Food, utilised as, 233, 234 

 Habitat, 233 

 Hardiness, 234 

 Importation, 233, 234 

 In freedom, 233 

 Named by Gmelin, 232 

 Other names, 232 

 Physical characteristics, 232 

 Screamer, 234 

 Size, 233 

 Almonds, bitter, symptoms of 

 poisoning with, 58 

 Sweet, as food, 30 

 Aluminium chains, 27 

 Amazone a bee couleur de sang, 116 

 Mit lilafarbnem Scheitel, 118 

 Amazon parrots : 

 Age, 46 

 Breeding, 95 

 Classification, confusion in, 



102 

 Contrasted with Black and 



Grey parrots, 78, 79 

 Deportment, 94 

 Food, 28-31, 94, 95, 97 

 Foremost in rank of the New 



World parrots, 93 

 Habitat, 94 

 Importation, 96 

 In freedom, 94, 95 

 Named by Swainson, 93 

 Names of : 



Blue-fronted, 97, 98 

 Diademed, 118, 119 

 Double-fronted, 100 

 Dufresne's, 119 

 Festive, 108, 109 



