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INDEX. 



Sv^ainson, Amazon parrots named 

 by, 5, 93 



Chrysotis named by, 5, 93 

 Swainson's Loeri, 180 



Lorikeet, 180 

 Swelling of the cuticle of the eye, 



Windy, 57 

 Swellings on the eyelid?, 67 

 Swing for cage, 22, 23 

 Symptoms of ill health, 53, 54 

 Syngamus trachealis, 55 



Table of medicines, 74-76 

 Talented bird, signs of, 36 

 Talkers among other birds than 

 parrots, 4 



Classification of, 4, 5 



Not rare at the present day, 3 

 Tamed birds good teachers^, 44 

 Taming and training : 



Aptitude for, 38 



Bad habits, breaking of, 42 



By force, 37 



By Indian women, 37 



By non-fanciers, 35 



Caging, 38 



Chaining, 38 



Changes, susceptibility to, 43 



Companion to man, 34 



Conditions to be observed, 35, 

 38 



Covering cage. 44 



Dealers, method adopted by, 36 



Difference of capability in 

 various parrots, 42, 43 



Dulitz, Mr., on, 35 



Early lessons, 41, 42 



Enthusiasm of fanciers, 44, 45 



Exaggerated accounts of 

 speakers, 45 



Good health an indispensable 

 qualification, 44 



Grey parrots, 37 



Hoarseness, 43 



Ignorant, 35, 36 



Lazarus, Dr., on, 39, 40 



Lisping, 43 



*' Loosing of the tongue," 40 



Taming and training {continued): 

 Loving disposition, 35 

 Mental talents, 45 

 Necessity for constant prac- 

 tice, 42 

 Objectionable qualities, 35 

 Old birds difficult to train, 36 

 " Old screamers," 36 

 Practical directions, 39-44 

 Rattle in voice, 43 

 Repetition of lessons, 43 

 Shyness in presence ot stran- 

 gers, 43 

 Talented bird, signs of, 36 

 Tamed bird a good teacher, 44 

 Teaching to speak, 41-46 

 Teasing to be avoided, 39 

 Untrained birds not to be 

 placed together, 44 

 Taubenhals-Amazone, 116 

 Tea as food, evils of, 34 

 Teachers or trainers, 11 

 Teaching {see under Taming and 



training) 

 Teasing to be avoided, 39 

 Temminck, birds named by : 

 Muller's parrot, 134 

 Paittacus Mulleri, 134 



Nasica, 155 

 Slender-billed or Nasecus 

 cockatoo, 155 

 Temperature, effects of sudden 

 changes in, on parrots, 47 

 Most suitable, 47 

 Thick-billed parrakeets : 

 Food, 31, 32 

 Named by Bonaparte, 5 

 {See also under Bolhorrhynchi) 

 Throat, cold in, 54 

 Timneb-Jako, 90 

 Timneh-Papagei, 90 

 Timneh Papegaai, 90 



TiMNEH PARROTS : 



Characteristics, 90 

 Distinguished from Grey 



parrot, 90 

 Food, 90, 91 

 Habitat, 90 

 Moultiijg, 90 

 Names, 90 

 Rarity in the market, 90 



