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to make an attempt. One after another I procured the husks of 
five cocoa-nuts; of course these had all been wrenched open to 
extract the nut, so in order to make them compact, each was 
restored to its original shape, and retained in that shape by means 
of a wire passed three or four times round it and strained tight. 
A hole, just large enough for the birds to go in and out, was made 
at one end: perhaps it will be better to show this by a diagram: 
Diagram showing the nesting arrangement for Warbling Parrakeets: aa the 
perch on which the cocoa-nut husk is fixed; b the alighting-board; ¢ the 
hole through which the Parrakeets enter the husk; dd wires binding the 
husk together in its original form. 
the position of this hole is indicated by the letter c: a little foot- 
board was attached in front, much in the same manner as we 
arrange au alighting-board for bees in front of the hive; this is 
shown at &. When the arrangement was completed, all the husks 
were fixed at regular distances on the perch nearest the wall, and 
each was also fastened to the wall at the end. 
As soon as the husks were fixed and the coast was clear, the 
little parrots perched on one of them, and not only perched on it, 
but crawled over it like mice, ascending one side by the joint 
assistance of beak and claws, and descending the other head 
foremost, in utter contempt of Sir Isaac Newton and the laws of 
gravitation. This was of course an inspection, not a government 
