24 WILD LIFE UNDER THE. EQUATOR. 
never heard any thing like it. They fled in dismay, 
screaming with all their might; but where were they to 
go? it was dark, and the whole population of parrots 
was in terrible trouble. The next evening not a parrot 
came upon that tree, and they were all very suspicious 
as they came to the Island, flying round and Houric the 
trees before they roosted. 
When daylight came, I found twenty dead parrots on 
the ground, and had a grand feast. I had parrot soup, 
which was not at all bad; roasted parrot; and grilled 
parrot. The old parrots were very tough, but the young 
ones were excellent; their flesh was black and resembled 
in taste that of the pigeon. 
Now [ have told you all I know about Nengue Ngozo. 
Nengue, as I have said before, means an Island, and 
Ngozo, parrot. Should any one of you ever go to the 
Gaboon country he will find the Island, and he will see 
the parrots—unless the natives have cut down all the 
trees. 
In that part of Africa there are only two kinds ity par- 
rots: the gray sort—which is very abundant, and much 
handsomer than the gray one found near Sierra Leone, 
the gray being of a lighter color—and the green one, 
which is very rare. 
But I have one now in my possession, the only one 
I have ever seen which is extraordinary. It is pink and ~ 
sray; that is, it has pink and gray feathers, and is a 
very beautiful bird, the rarest that was ever brought to 
America or Europe, and probably the only one of its 
kind that ever existed, for it is not a distinct species, but 
a freak of Nature. 
