2i8 FEATHERED FRIENDS, 



the question having been mooted, the discussion shal 

 be carried on elsewhere. 



It is a plump bird, of the Conure type, but made 

 into a separate genus along with one or two others. 

 Green is the colour of the upper surface, excepting 

 that of the flights, which are blue, but the lower parts 

 are a light dove-grey. It has a curious habit of puffing 

 out its cheek feathers so as almost entirely to hide 

 the light horn-coloured bill. It is chiefly arboreal, 

 and its penetrating voice is heard almost unceasingly 

 from dawn to dusk. Out of doors this is of less con- 

 sequence, but in the house it prompts to murder of 

 the offender. 



Yet the Quaker Parrakeet is capable of learning to 

 talk very prettily, and will become exceedingly tame 

 and confiding, so that its shrill cries are really a 

 misfortune, for it never quite renounces them. It is 

 perfectly hardy, being a native of the southern parts 

 of South America, though it is commonly spoken of 

 as the Monte Video Parrot or, more correctly, Parrakeet. 



An individual of this species that I kept in my 

 aviary for a considerable time took possession of a 

 small flat box that was fastened up about eight or 

 nine inches below the wire roof and that had been 

 intended for the use of a pair of Turtledoves : this she, 

 or he, for the sex of that particular bird was never 

 satisfactorily determined, proceeded to convert into 

 a nest by improvising a roof over, and sides around 



