THE PARROT. 



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the orchards and pasture grounds, sometimes in pairs 

 in the yards about the houses. In almost every house 

 you find at least one in a cage, ready to chatter and 

 whistle to everybody who will notice him. 



As it was not possible (or at any rate convenient) to 



A TALKER. 



bring so far any living specimens, we brought instead 

 a goodly number of stuffed ones. 



There are other birds than parrots in Australia that 

 can be taught to speak such as the myna-bird, the 

 lyre-bird, the honey-bird (a cut of which is given), the 



