150 ITATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Baker's teH-tale parrot. 



for the lord mayor, with proper attendants, to 

 perambulate the streets, and enter bakers' and 

 other sh6ps unexpectedly, in order to weigh their 

 commodities, examine their measures, &c. &c. 

 The lord mayor having accordingly visited a 

 baker's shop in the abovementioned street, or- 

 dered several loaves to be put into the scale, 

 which were all found to be sufficiently heavy. 

 His lordship expressed his satisfaction, and was 

 about to depart, when a tell-tale parrot, which 

 was hanging up in a cage in the window, imme- 

 diately exclaimed, " Light bread in the cfoset : 

 light bread in the closet." Hereupon his lord- 

 ship and servants entered a small apartment, 

 where they found several loaves deficient in 

 weight, which were accordingly carried away. 



Parrots of this species not only imitate dis- 

 course, but also mimic gestures and actions. 

 ScaJiger tells us that he saw one which performed 

 the dance of the Savoyards, at the same tim 

 that it repeated their song. The females of this 

 species deposit their eggs (which do not exceed 

 two in number,) In the hollows of trees; and 

 there is no way of getting at their yootig but 

 by cutting down and cleaving the trees. 



ETHIOPIAN, OR GUINEA PARROT. 



THIS is a small species, not much larger than 

 a lark, and is so common in this country, thfct it 

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