ARCH APPEARANCE. 



he utters the usual cawing notes, at the same 

 txm0 tooking archly at the speotators, as if 

 teady to mtmm & tlte a4liitb*^tt«m Ibat it mi- 



sich-rs its elegant form and display of ])lumage 

 deitiaiKls ; it then hxkvs exercise liy liopping in 

 a r<ij)i(l, but graceful manner, from one end of the 

 upper p6rcfii4i#e other, md desceacU suddenly 

 U|k>n: ih# seiSfmd pas^^ dmt to the tos of the 

 cage, looking out for the grasshoppers, whidh it 

 is awMistomed to receive at thi?^ time. 



Should any person place liis finger into the cage 

 the hird darts it rapidly ; if it h inserted and 

 widxdrafwn tgm^ld^, ik^ a]%My^ufr«d extre- 

 mity of the upper mandible causes the intruder to 

 receive a sharp peek, but if the hiiger is placed 

 quietly in the cage, close to the heak of the ani 

 mal, he grasps and thinlfi^ it mxlij ^ if htoliog 

 tliti he didikes il^ in&rtisloi) . 



His prehensile power in the feet is very 

 strong;, and, still retainino- his hold, the bird 

 will turn himself round upon the perch. He 

 deli^xta? tO <be iiidl»^ted from the glare of the 

 m% ^ that lisnthiiQ^jr i$ a gi^t ^ttree 6f m- 

 n^yancr to biin, if parmtiled to dart its fervent 

 rays directly u|ion the cage. The iris frequently 

 expanding and contracting, adds to the arch, 

 i^kdt 'ki»k G$ this ^imated bird, as he throws 

 the hmi ojtotte td glaj^se at visitors, utter- 



