THE HA WK-HEADED PARROT. 23 i 



which he was partial, and would then look, exactly 

 like an animated bundle of coloured rags. 



Charley had been warned, but without effect, and 

 one day "Joey" happened to be out of his cage when 

 the boy entered the room, whereupon the Parrot, deter- 

 mined to wipe out old scores, and charmed to find an 

 opportunity for doing so, flew at him and after him 

 into the passage, whither the boy had fled shrieking, 

 and was just in time to bury his head in the cook's 

 apron, she having emerged from her kitchen to see 

 what was the matter. 



"Joey" was bent on having his revenge, and mis- 

 took his enemy, or made a wide shot, and seized on 

 the cook's bare arm, nearly carrying away a piece of 

 it! The good woman, however, who was very partial 

 to the bird, took it in excellent part, and merely 

 remarked as she bound up her injured limb: "It's 

 better it should ' be my arm than Master Charley's 

 face, and I know he (Joey) didn't mean it." 



The Parrot was really very fond of the cook and 

 tried, by kissing and caressing her and chattering to 

 her in his most tender tones, to show her that it was 

 all a terrible mistake and that nothing was farther from 

 his intention than to hurt her. 



The scientific name of the Hawk-headed Parrot is 

 Deroptyus accipitrinus. 



