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bread, meat, and many other things which come to table, for 

 they are not dainty. They are fond of bathing. 



In confinement, this bird is usually placed within a trellis, 

 or it is put into a large cage of any shape, but at least three 

 feet and a half long, and nearly as high; for, being a large and 

 wild bird, and in constant motion, it easily injures its plumage. 

 It is best that such large birds should have a separate room 

 appropriated to them, as their copious excrements smell 

 offensively. 



DISEASES. 



The most usual maladies to which this bird is subject are a 

 stoppage of the feather glands, constipation, and atrophy. 



