260 



INDEX. 



Brown-throated conure {continued) : 



Schlechta's, Baroness von, 

 description of, 224 



Screamer, 221 



Size, 223 

 Brush-toDgned parrots, food, 165 

 Brute speech compared with that 



of men, 3 

 BuFFON, birds described by : 



Black-bonnet lory, 170 



Cockatoos, 137 



Festive Amazon parrot, 108 



Small macaw, 195 

 Bunter Plattschweifaittich, 240 

 Buntsittich, 240 



Burmeister on Noble macaw, 196 

 Burns, 68 



Buxton, Lord, on cockatoos, 137 

 Buying, precautions in, 12 



(See also under Purchase) 



C. 



Cacatois a crete jaune, 144 

 A Huppe rouge, 147 



Tricolore, 149 

 Alecto, 158, 159, 160 

 A lunettes, 141 

 A yeux bleus, 146 



Nus, 156 

 De Ducorps, 151 

 De Goffin, 151 

 De Leadbeater, 149 

 Nasique, 155 

 Ophthalmique, 146 

 E/Osalbin, 153 

 Eose, 153 

 Cactus conure : 

 Food, 223 

 Habitat, 223 

 Named by Prince Max von 



Wied, 221 

 Other names, 221 

 Physical charcteristics, 223 

 Screamer, 221 

 Size, 223 

 Cages : 



Brass, 23, 24 

 Choice of, 19 

 Cleaning, 21, 23, 24 

 Covering at night, 47, 48 



Cages (continued): 



Door, 21, 22 



Drinking vessel, 22, 23 



Floor, 20, 23 



Food vessel, 22, 23 



For carriage inland 16, 17 



For lesser parrots, 23 



For transportation, 16 



Illustration, 21 



Lacquer for, 23, 24 



Letting bird out of, 51 



Ordinary form, defects of, 20 



Ornamental, evils of, 23 



Ornis Society, Berlin, 20-22, 24 



Painting, 23, 24 



Perches, 22, 23 



Requirements of a good, 20 



Socle, 20, 21, 23 



Spittoon for drinking vessel, 23 



Swing, 22, 23 



Zinc drawer, 21 

 "Cage Birds, Foreign," 4, 19, 20 

 Caged parrots, treatment of, 6, 7 

 Caging, 18 

 Caique, Hawk-headed, 125 



CALLIPSITTACUS : 



Classification, 5, IGO 



Named by Lesson, 5, 160 



Physical characteristics, 160 



(See also under Cockatiel) 

 Callopsitte, 161, 162 

 Calypthorrhynchus, 136 

 Canary seed as food, 32 

 Canary-winged parrakeet : 



Cage bird, as a, 235 



Habitat, 235 



Luchs', Dr., account of, 235 



Named by Spix, 234 



Other names, 234 



Physical characteristics, 234 



Price, 235 



Size, 234 

 Carnivorous parrots, 31 

 Carolina conure : 



Bechstein's account of, 214 



Breeding, 214 



Cage bird, as a, 214 



Common in the trade, 214 



Habitat, 213 



Named by Linne, 213 



Other names, 213 



