132 POPULAR OFFICIAL GUIDE. 



SDLPHUR-CRESTED COCKATOO. 



and indeed amongst the birds of the Park generally, is 

 very low. 



In view of the great number of avian species inhabiting 

 the Large Bird-House, it is a practical impossibility to give 

 more than a general outline of the groups and leading feat- 

 ures of the collection. 



As the visitor enters at the south door, nearest the Lion 

 House, he is greeted by a discordant chorus of ear-piercing 

 shrieks and squawks, joyous but very raucous, and at times 

 too persistent. Loudest are the voices of the gorgeously- 

 plumaged Blue-and- Yellow Macaw, (Ara ararauna) ; the Red- 

 and-Blue Macaw, (Ara macao), and the Great Green Macaw. 

 Around their cages there is no such thing as stagnation or 

 somnolence. The soft-hued Rosella Parakeets, the flock of 

 mostly-green Cuban Parrots, the Leadbeater Cockatoos and 

 the White Cockatoos all join in their voices, to the limit of 

 their respective abilities, but against macaws which can be 

 heard a mile, their best efforts seem tame. The members of 

 the Order Psittaciformes (as above) have been beautifully 

 colored by Nature, and their harsh voices seem strangely 

 out of harmony with their plumage. 



