CHAPTER XXIX. 



/JINCE I kept the individuals belonging to this species 



that are mentioned in "another place," I have 



had some further experience with others of the race, 



which now occupies a somewhat lower place in my 



estimation than it did. 



I was presented with a Ring-neck that was supposed 

 to be a young male, but which, as I soon found, was 

 a female, and I had some thought of buying her a mate, 

 when a correspondent proposed to exchange one for 

 some other bird I had, and I accepted the offer, as 

 I generally do, with many thanks. 



The new-comer was an undoubted cock, but small; 

 he was very tame and could say a few words as well 

 as whistle prettily, but the female was one of the wildest 

 and most vicious Parrakeets that I had ever come 

 across. I did not care to keep my new acquaint- 

 ance in the house, and so I turned him out into the 

 aviary where the female had already been lodged for 

 some time. The moment the latter caught sight of 



