64 THE PARROT. 



and make as much noise as ever. They sup, as 

 they breakfasted, upon the kernels of the fruits, 

 and then go to the water to bathe. Again follows 

 the business of dressing and pluming their feath- 

 ers, and after this they go to rest. But they do 

 not roost in the branches where they took their 

 afternoon's nap. Their sleeping-room is a hollow 

 tree, scooped out by the Woodpecker. As many 

 Parrots get in as the hollow will contain, and the 

 rest hook themselves to the bark by their claws 

 and bills, and hang there through the night. 



The Parrot lays her eggs in these hollow trees. 

 She does not make a nest, but lays them on the 

 rotten wood ; and the whole flock lay their eggs 

 together in the same tree. 



