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gulls, prefers a hot climate, being found on the shores 

 of the Arabian Sea. 



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The first Parrot House was built in 1833, just five 

 or six years after the foundation of the Society. Then 

 in 1851 a house was built for Mr. Gould's collection of 

 Humming Birds — which adorns the gallery of the 

 Natural History Museum— and this house was subse- 

 quently converted into a Parrot House. In 1880 it 

 was reconstructed, and last year new cages to the 

 number of seven were built on to it, part of them 

 being out in the open and part shut in for sleeping 

 purposes etc. These seven cages are inhabited by 

 about 23 birds, including the Grand and the Cardinal 

 Eclectus, and specimens of the Red-sided and Wester- 

 mann's Eclectus are to be seen inside. The Eclecti 

 are a branch of the family Psittacidcs and aroused a 

 good deal of attention some years ago because of 

 the great difference in colouring between the males 

 and females. The adult males are green, the adult 

 females bright red, and the young of both sexes are 

 reddish, without any indication of green even in the 

 young male. 



In one of the cages are three Black - headed 

 Caiques ; then we come to two Pale-headed Parra- 

 keets, two Red-winged Parrakeets and three Yellow- 

 vented Parrakeets. With seven Varied Lorikeets and 

 four Red-collared Lorikeets, the occupants of the out- 

 side cages come to an end. 



Inside there are no less than 150 representatives 

 of the large order Psittacijormes ; and besides these 

 there are about two dozen cages full of foreign finches. 



Being so crowded, the inmates of the Parrot 



