v- A GREEN PARROT. 



may be white, black, or mottled. His length is from 

 fourteen to sixteen inches, being a somewhat longer 

 and thicker bird than the gray parrot. As the birds 

 get older, the pale orange color of the forehead 

 deepens, and extends back over the head. These 

 birds are not only great singers, but free talkers as 

 well, learning many words when taught for three 

 months or so, and are most amusing at times by theii 

 manner of mingling songs and speeches. 



The grays, and these Mexicans, are the most enjoy- 

 able birds to own, because most intelligent and teach- 

 able. 



Cage, food, and care, are the same for the Mexican, 

 as for the gray. 



THE CARTHAGENA PARROT is from thirteen to fifteen 

 inches long, being about the size of the Mexican, and 

 has all green plumage, except on the back of the neck, 

 a pale orange marking about the size of a silver half- 

 dollar ; and in the wings and tail feathers red and 

 blue markings. This bird becomes quite a singer, 

 whistles some, and talks very well ; he is generally 

 next to the Mexican, and his food and care are the 

 same as that bird's. 



THE SINGLE YELLOW HEAD is smaller than the 

 Double Yellow Head, being from eleven to thirteen 

 inches long, but has the same colors and markings as 

 that bird, except the beak is dark, instead of flesh 

 color, and the narrow pale-orange stripe on the fore- 

 head does not extend as the bird grows older. This 

 bird makes a fair talker, learning easily, but not so 

 many sentences as those named above. His food 

 and care is the same. 



