272 OUR HOME PETS 



Parrot. Continued, 



not kind to other birds, no. 



position of cage, 108. 



screaming hard to cure, 105. 



to keep sweet-tempered, 99. 



to tame, 98, 99. 



to teach, 100, 101. 



treatment of, 98. 



varieties of, 12. 



" Where's Alice?" 102. 



won vs. subdued, 100. 

 Peculiar pets, some, 250. 

 Pet, the, an aid to health, 195. 

 Pig as a pet, 248. 

 Prairie-dog as a pet, 246. 



RACCOON as a pet, 245. 



Rat as a pet, 251. 



Rat, white, 252. 



Raven as a pet, 115. 



Red-winged blackbird in the house, 1 8. 



Reptiles as pets, 255. 



Rheumatism in birds, treatment for, 93. 



Rose-breasted grosbeak in the house, 18. 



SCARLET tanager as a pet, 19. 

 Skunk as a pet, 246. 

 Skylark, 22. 

 Squirrels, 250. 

 Standing perch, a, 68. 

 Starling, 22, 114. 



TALKING tribes, the, 96. 

 Taming or imprisoning, 253. 



