Birds Cockatoos 
FOOD: 
Equal proportion of sunflower seed, hemp seed 
and oats form a very excellent dietary. Apples, ban- 
anas and grapes may also be given. 
CARE 
These birds must be kept free from cold and drafts, 
although Mr. Stacey informs me that the rose-head 
and sulphur-crested cockatoos are kept out-of-doors 
the year around in the New York Zoological gardens 
with only a shelter to which to retire. In general, 
the care given to the parrots applies to the cockatoos. 
THE PARROT 
Within her gilded cage confined I saw a dazzling Belle, 
A parrot of the famous kind, whose name is Non-Pareil. 
Like bead of glossy jet her eyes; and smoothed by Nature’s skill, 
With pearl or gleaming agate vies her finely-curved bill. 
Her plumy mantle’s living hues in mass opposed to mass, 
Outshine the splendour that imbues the robes of pictured glass. 
And, sooth to say, an after Mate did never tempt the choice 
Of feathered thing most delicate in figure and in voice. 
But, exiled from Australian bowers, and singleness her lot, 
She trills her song with tutored powers, or mocks each casual 
note. 
No more of pity for regrets with which she may have striven! 
Now but in wantonness she frets, or spite, if cause be given; 
Arch, volatile, a sportive bird by social glee inspired; 
Ambitious to be seen or heard, and pleased to be admired. 
William Wordsworth. 
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