RED RUMP PARAKEETS 



CHAPTER XII 

 PARROTS AND PARAKEETS 



"That it only clutches with its claws, and does not snatch or 

 strike with them ; that it helps itself about with its beak on branches 

 or bars of cage . . . are by no means the most vital matters about the 

 bird." 



IT is impossible to write in one chapter in any 

 real detail on the numerous members of such a 

 beautiful family of birds as the parrots and 

 parakeets, as well as of the branches of the chief 

 family, such as the lories. 



