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in tin- MOIIC. As a irreat f.r. . .1 I sometimes i,s.-,| i,, crack t tinstone before giving it t.. liim. and his 

 iit then ku. .' i,.. ! ids. \\ .lin'ii . u h. n ,|uiti> i I|M- .,] HI great favor with Parrots; und it 



i- \.-r\ . minus to nee bow well tin- l>inl sets to . -ik at picking out th.ir contents, h 



inn tinnly with ii- !".,:. and hooking out its kernel wit Ii tlu- ! ill uud tougue. A -|>iu ..lnut 



will :,'i\e a Parrot employment f..r more titan an lionr. 



NV !v lil.re is generally U-ii.-licial t.. ih.-s,. birds, who often try t.. gratify their natural 



MC for this substance by pulling th.-ir perches t<> pieces. The Parr- will find the 



h.-ill!i of his ]*! iui|. P. \.-.| and its happiness pi. I.-.I I,-, giving it, every now and then, 



-in:, II log <>r I'l-.nu h. on which iii.- mows ami lichens are Mill growing. Some ^wrsons are In 

 t Mal.it of giving th.-ir IV - <* of meat, li-h. and oili.-r similar articles of <li.-t, l.ut 



generally \\ilh e\il .-fleets, 'rii.-.li.-t is too .stimulating, ami k.-eps up a continual irritation in 

 the system, which induces tin- bird to IH> always ])ecking out its feathers. Many P.m-.i- ha\e 

 aliii<t -tij|,|H-,i themselves of their ploOMgi i-y -taut mstlessnesa, and I knew of an 



in li\ i'lual that ha<l <-..utii> -.! to |ilu<-k liiius-lf roiiijilt-tfly km- in .-vt-ry ]urt <if the Ixxlv u liii h 

 his 'hill could i-.-a.-h, x> that In- i>r-s.-ntcl tin- ludii-rou* si^ht of a bate body and a full plum 



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li.-atin^a li.-t, and tli.-ir lut-atl should only \- st.--|M-<l in w.r 



Tli- 1'airot has tin- tn:- troj.iral lov.- for hot condim.-nts. ami is \.-ry fond of cayenne 

 jH-p|-r or th> capsicum \**l from which it is siip|Mis>- 1 to 1..- mad.-. If th<- lu'rd ! ailing, a 

 capsicum will oft.-n s-t it rijjht upiin. It is nith-r curious that my cat has a similar tarte, 

 ha\iiiLT. I pi.-siiiu.-. cauu'ht it from lu-r mast.-r. Sinn- niiiiiilis ago, a careless cook made a 

 "curry " \\ilh a d.-vs.-rt-s|KX)iiful of cay. ntir |-ji ]--r i list. -ad of curry |>wd-r. to I 

 d. -trim, lit of tin- throats <.f the int.-ndi-l coiisuim-rM. " I'n-t," a- usual. piih(<d ln-r nom- ngninnt 

 my h.in<i to ask for homi- of my dinm-r. so in jok- I piv lu-r a very red piece of the meat. Tr> 

 my profound a<toiiishm.-nt, >h<- at.- th- Imniin^ nmi-s,-! with great zwt, and became 90 clamor- 

 ous for moiv that I could hardly .satisfy h.-r fa.st enough. 



The Parrot should U- able to change its position, a.s it dKs not like to sit iTj>tually on 

 a round i-rch, and is much relieved by a little walking If possible, it .should havn 



S..MI arrangement to enable it to climb ; a matter easily accomplish**! by innan.4 of a little wire 

 cord and a small modicum of ingenuity. There should always U- MUM*- sj>ot when- tin- Parrot 

 can find a warm perch; as all these birds are singularly plagued with cold f*.-t. and often 

 catch sundry disorders in coiis*-qucm-c. If it is kept in a cage, the Parrot should never be 

 confined in a brass ],ii-.,n ; for the bird is always climing al>oiit the wires by means of ita 

 beak, and is likely to receive some hurt from the poisonous v.-rdL'ris that is sure to make ita 

 appearance sooner or later on bra-ss win-. An occasional l>ath is very l-nenYinl to the Parrot' 

 health ; and if the bird refuses to bathe, tepid water may be thrown over him with Tery 

 good effect. 



When proper precautions are taken, the Parrot is one of our h.irdi.-sf ngfrbMft, and will 

 live to a great age even in captivity. Some of these birds have U--n known to att.iin an age 

 of sixty or seventy years, and one which was w-en by I>e Vaillant ha 1 attain**! th*- |itri:i 

 age of ninety-three. At .sixty its memory began to fail ; and at sixty-in*- the moult became 

 very irregular, and the tail changed to yellow. At ninety it was a very dern-pid creature, 

 almost blind and quit- silent. ha\ ing forgotten its former abundant sKn-k of words. 



A Gray 1'arrot 1-lon-in- t<> one of my friend* wa-s, during the former iart of its life, 

 remarkable only for its large vocabulary of highly discredi table language, which it would 

 in-ist upon using exactly when it ought to have been silent, but suddenly -hanged its nature 

 an 1 subsided into a tender and gentle foster-mother. 



In the garden <>f its owner there were a number of standard rose-trees, around all of * 

 was a circular \\ ire f, .-n d w ith convolvuluses and honeysuckle. Within on.- of then 



fences a pair of goldfinches had mad.- th.-ir nest, and were constantly fed by the inhabitants of 

 the house, who all had a gn-.it love for beasts and binK and took a delight in helping the 

 little creatures under their .-harp-: and. ind.-ed. erw deeply interested in animated nature 

 Mierally. Polly soon remarked the constant visits to the rose-tree, and the donations of 

 crumbs an.l .seeds that were regularly given, and must follow so good an example. So she set 



