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INDEX. 



Malay Archipelago, tame parrots 



in, 7 

 Management, training, and breed- 

 ing of cage birds, manual 

 for the, 20, 27 

 Man, companion to, 36 



Distinguished from animals, 2 

 "Manual for Bird Fanciers," 4, 



52, 53 

 Marakama, 195 

 Marten's, Dr. C. von, remarks on 



Great Black cockatoo, 159 

 Masearenus, 5 

 Mashy food, evils of, 29, 34 

 Masked pabrakeet : 



Beauty, 245, 246 



Griiffe on habitat, 246 



Habitat, 246 



Named by Gray, &c., 215 



Other names, 245 



Physical characteristics, 245, 

 246 



Earity, 246 



Size, 246 



Talents, 246 

 Maskensittich, 245 

 Masker parkiet, 245 

 Mauritius Alexandrine parrakeet : 



Habitat, 203 



Named by Boddaert, 203 



Newton Brothers' remarks on, 

 203, 204 



Other names, 203 



Physical characteristics, 203 



Earity in market, 204 



Size, 203 



Talents, 204 

 Mauritius Edelparkiet, 203 

 Miiusesittich, 225 

 Maximilian's Ara, 188 

 Mealworms as food, 32 

 Mealy Amazon parrot : 



Anecdote, 44 



Habitat, 105 



Named by Boddaert, 104 



Other names, 104 



Physical characteristics, 105 



Screamer, 105 



Size, 105 



Talents, 104, 105 

 Medicines, table of, 74-76 



Medium-sized parrots, food, 31, 32 

 Melons as food to be avoided, 30 

 Melopsittacus, 247 



Named by Gould, 5 

 Mental endowments, 6, 45 

 Meunier, 104 

 Meyer, Dr. A. B., on the Eclecti, 



128 

 Meyer's, Mr., description of Blue- 

 breasted lory, 177 



Method of training Grey par- 

 rots, 37 

 Microglosse on Arara noir a 



trompe, 158-160 

 Microglossus, 5 



Physical characteristics, 158 



(See also under Great Black 

 cockatoo) 

 Military macaw : 



Age, 190 



Bechstein's description of, 

 190, 191 



Habitat, 189 



In captivity, 190 



Named by Linne, 189 



Other names, 189 



Physical characteristics, 189 



Size, 189 



Varieties, 190 

 Millet as food, 31, 32 

 Mitteledelpapagei, 132 

 Mittlerer gruner Edelpapagei, 131 



Eother Edelpapagei, 132 

 Mixing medicines, niirectiona for, 



74-76 

 Mohrenkopf-Papagei, 122 

 Mohrenpapagei, 91 

 Molenaar, 134 

 Moluccan lory, 175 

 Molukken-Kakadu, 147 

 Monchspapagei, 225 

 Monchssittich, 225 

 Monniks Dickbekparkiet of Muis- 



parkiet, 225 

 Monograph by Dr. Otto Finsch, 5 

 Moulting, 50, 51 

 Mouth, cold in, 54 

 Mucous membrane, diphtheritic- 

 croupish inflammation of, 

 55, 56 

 MuUer Amazone Papegaai, 104 



