86 JARDINE' 8 PARROT. 



Pyocephalus Gulielmi, is singularly infelicitious, seeing that its forehead 

 and crown are rather of an orange red than a golden colour. Its 

 English and German names are greatly to be preferred to its Gallic 

 one, though the first is perhaps the best, because the most distinctive, 

 in fact we are egotistic enough to believe that our own language is 

 the most expressive and sensible of any tongue with which we are 

 acquainted, and we happen to be tolerably conversant with several. 



To revert to the Jardine. It is best fed on seed, hemp chiefly, but 

 canary seed, oats, and maize must be added, and some of the latter 

 may be advantageously boiled; though too much must not be cooked 

 at one time, as it soon becomes sour; in which state it will disagree 

 with a bird, and excite a kind of choleraic diarrhoea that is usually 

 very unamenable to treatment. 



Mr. P. F. Coggin writes respecting the subject of the present notice : — 

 " I did not have the Jardine Parrot iu my possession a very great time, 

 consequently I cannot give you a large experience with it. When it 

 came to me it was suffering from feather plucking, which I was 

 unable to cure. It appeared to be a very sociable bird, and soon 

 became accustomed to the person who fed it. 



"When left in a room by itself, it had a very peculiar habit of 

 lyiug upon its back, either upon the perch, or at the bottom of the 

 cage; and would remain in that position for half an hour at a time 

 unless disturbed. 



ff In July I turned it out into a garden aviary, but the first cold 

 night killed it. I never heard it attempt to speak, but it was 

 constantly making a disagreeable noise. I think it was a female ; 

 it was a small specimen compai'ed with Mr. Dutton's bird, which I 

 saw afterwards/' 



To the above account we may add that we saw the bird when it 

 was in an advanced stage of feather-plucking ; it was in good condition 

 as regards plumpness, but was decidedly small. We are also of opinion 

 that we performed its autopsy, and found that it had died from 

 inflammation of the lungs ; to which, of course, the loss of its feathers 

 would render it peculiarly liable. Prom observations we have been 

 able to make upon several of these Parrots, we are confirmed in our 

 previously expressed opinion; that they make very nice pets, and that 

 the great drawback to keeping them in captivity is their unhappy 

 propensity for self-mutilation. 



