?ARROTS IN CAPTIVITY. 



©AWK-UeADED OR IIuFFED f?ARROT. 



Psittacus Accipitrinus. 



Synonyms: Psittacus Clusii, Shaw; Pionias accipitrinus, Finsch. 



Fkench: Perroquet a cravatte. German: Kragenpapagei. 



THE exceedingly curious bird, whose portrait, admirably drawm from 

 nature by Mr. Lydon, heads this chapter, is one of the most 

 commendable Parrots with which the writer is acquainted. In size it 

 about equals the Grey, which it rivals in linguistic attainments, while 

 it is infinitely more droll and amusing in its ways, as well as more 

 gentle and confiding in its disposition. 



It is not by any means a common bird, even in its own country, 

 the Brazils and Honduras, and is very rarely imported. So scarce is it, 

 that a pair of these birds would readily command the high price of 

 £20: the dealers appear to be unacquainted with it, and the few 

 specimens that now and then reach our shores are brought over by 

 private hand, and are, consequently, quite tame and gentle on arrival. 



Like most South American birds, the Ruffed Parrot, though com- 

 paratively thinly clad with feathers, is perfectly hardy, and requires 

 no particular care as to temperature, that usual in an ordinary dwelling- 



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