82 THE RINGED PARRAKEET. 



other, found in India, is of the colour of a peach- 

 blossom. And there is a red-winged Parrakeet, 

 with legs and claws of a rich carnation. 



Also, as a contrast to these, there is the Black 

 Parrot, in a costume of bluish-black ; and the 

 Sapphire Parrot, dressed in green and scarlet, that 

 lives in the Philippine Islands, and revels in the 

 juices of the cocoa-nut palm. It makes a nest 

 of a peculiar construction, and sets about it very 

 cunningly. Its great enemy is the monkey, that 

 is always on the look-out for plunder. But the 

 Parrot is more than a match for him. The monkey 

 sees the nest hanging from the tree, and makes his 

 way to it with great glee, thinking to feast on 

 eggs ; but when he takes hold of the nest, he finds 

 the lower part not so closely woven as the upper. 

 It gives way at once, and down falls the robber 

 before he has done any mischief. 



