198 FEATHERED FRIENDS. 



have been perfectly tame, and were even taught to 

 speak a few words. 



In a cage, however, I cannot fancy that such a 

 lively active bir*d could be entirely happy and con- 

 tented, and were I again to be possessed of some of 

 them, I should do as I did with the others, namely, 

 turn them out into as large an aviary as possible, 

 where their swift flight, and quick movements on the 

 ground, no less than the curious Sparrow-like way in 

 which they jump, or hop, among the branches of the 

 trees, is extremely interesting and amusing. 



The scientific name of the Red-fronted New Zealand 

 Parrakeet is Cyanorhamphus novae zelandia. 



