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' Look out !' ' Come out !' ' Come up !' ' My dear little parrot !' ' Bravo, bravissimo !' 'Are we not 

 going to dinner ?' ' Let us go to the window !' ' Hieronymus, stand up !' ' I am going !' ' Long live the 

 Emperor !' ' Y\"hcre have you been ?' ' "Will you kindly excuse me, but I thought you were a bird ?' 

 Whenever he bit or spoiled anything, he would say, 'Don't bite!' 'Be quiet, do!' 'What 

 have you been doing?' ' Wait a minute, you rascal; what have you been doing?' 'I am 

 coming after you !' ' How are you, you little chatterer?' ' Have you got something to eat?' ' I hope 



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THE JAKO (Psittacus erithacus). 



you will enjoy it!' 'Hush, hush, good night!' 'Pretty Poll may go out; so come, come, shoot, 

 Poll, shoot !' and ther he would shoot, calling loudly ' Puff!' ' There, there, there !' ' Go home, come 

 march, go home directly !' ' I'm coming after you !' He would ring a bell that was placed in his 

 house, and say, ' Who's that ringing ? who's that ringing ?' ' Why, here's a little dog ! a pretty 

 little dog !' Then he would whistle to the dog and say, ' Whistle, little dog !' and ask, ' What does the 

 little dog say ?' and then bark. If told to fire, he would say ' Puff !' and give the word of command, 

 ' Halt ; right about face ; make ready ; present ; fire ! Bravo, bravo !' He never said ' Bravo !' in 

 connection with his faults. 



" Sometimes he would cry out, ' What are you shaking me for? What are you doing to me ?' and 



