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VII. THE PARROTS AND PIGEONS .. .. ..155 183 



The Parrot Order Generally Typical Parrots 

 Ring-necked Parakeet Plum -headed Para- 

 keet Bosella Budgerigar The Lories For- 

 sten's Lorikeet Harlequin Lorikeet The 

 Cockatoos Cockatid The Pigeons Tame 

 Ring -Dove Wild R ing-Dove Red Dove 

 Spotted Dove Little Brown Dove Bronze - 

 wing Dove Created Dare Harrial or Green 

 Pigeon. 



VIII. MANAGEMENT OF CAPTIVE' BIRDS ..184 196 



Aviaries Moveable Verandah Cages Cages for 

 Single Birds Perches Nesting Places- 

 Cleaning Feeding and Drinking-vessels Food 

 and Water Grit, Lime and Salt Rearing 

 Young Birds Breeding Taming Wild- 

 caught Birds Handling Birds Diseases and 

 Accidents The Best Birds to Keep Trans- 

 port of Birds. 



Note. Names of birds not occurring wild in the Indian Empire are 

 given above in italics, while in the text they are marked with an asterisk. 



