XI. 

 THE PARROT. 



[HERE is a tribe of birds, in the forest, 

 better known to us and more familiar 

 than the Birds of Paradise. Many of 

 them find their way to England, not as 

 dead and smoke-dried specimens, but as creatures 

 of living beauty. I mean the family of Parrots. 

 In England we see them shut up in cages ; but 

 in their native forests their splendid dresses shine 

 and sparkle among the trees, until the branches 

 seem alive with blue, and scarlet, and emerald. 



The Parrot has been said to resemble its lively 

 neighbour, the Monkey. You rarely if ever see 

 it attempt to walk. Like the monkey, it climbs 



