RED RUMP PARAKEETS 



CHAPTER XII 

 PARROTS AND PARAKEETS 



" That it only clutches with its claws, and does not snatch or 

 strike with them ; — that it helps itself about with its beak on branches 

 or bars of cage ... are by no means the most vital matters about the 

 bird." 



IT is impossible to write in one chapter in any 

 real detail on the numerous members of such a 

 beautiful family of birds as the parrots and 

 parakeets, as well as of the branches of the chief 



family, such as the lories. 



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