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LIVING CREATURES. 



46. MONKEYS IN FEATHERS. 



THE monkey is an imitator of man's actions, while 

 the parrot is a mimic of man's talk. 



That (< Polly" has a high degree of intelligence no 

 one can doubt, for he sometimes talks in such a way 

 as to indicate that he reasons. A parrot show was 



Gray Parrot. 



held in the north of England, at which prizes were of- 

 fered for the best talking powers. Several birds had 

 exhibited their efforts, when a gray parrot was let out 

 of his cage. Seeing the large company before him, 

 he at once exclaimed, "By Jove, what a lot of par- 

 rots! " The prize was at once given to him. 



The climbing organs of the parrot are all plain to 



