CHAPTER XL 



TilE PARROT FAMILY 



(Psittacida). 



The Budgerigar The Red-faced Love-Bird The 

 Peach-faced Love-Bird The Grey-headed Love- 

 Bird The Cockatiel The Turquoisine The Grey 

 Parrot A mason Parrots Cockatoos Macaws 

 Indian Parrakeets The Hawk-headed Parrot 

 Conures The Quaker Parrakeet, &*c. 



T the "Zoo" this " family" constitutes an 

 " order," Psittaci, which is divided into 

 four sub-families, to the last only of which 

 is allotted the designation I prefer for 

 the whole group and have affixed to the head of this 

 chapter. The other three are THE COCKATOOS, Caca- 

 tuidx, which is made to include THE COCKATIEL ; 

 THE NIGHT PARROTS, Stringopidae ; and THE LONG- 

 TAILED PARROTS, Palaeornithidx ; while in the fourth 

 sub-family, " Psittacidae" are included THE LOVE- 

 BIRDS, THE BROADTAILS, THE AMAZONS, THE 

 CONURES, and a host of other genera and species. 



THE BUDGERIGAR, Melopsittacus undulatus, which 

 is also known by the name of Shell Parrot, Undulated 



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