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liles tliat which 'n^ Jioard froiu u monkey in (lis- 

 tresis Whm m t(» thif bird, he 



i& ntn^m padbdar ^ t^iielgiibdar, -but Mvtyim 

 them instantly entire, cither dead or alive, look- 

 infj iinmediatelv afteT\\artls for another snpply. 

 Tlte food given to it is boiled rice, grasshoppers, 

 like? aifym ^ it» Unhe, it is fond of pil- 

 fentig a^Hd <meeiil!itg wliaterer kli^i^fy lelt 

 in it? May, and it can carry off. To speak 

 fdirenoloiiically, its acquisitiveness h large,, and 

 conscientiousness small. 



Several beautiful Loris, from the islands of 

 the eastern AreMpdagfi^ i^oth^ m hxllliaiit md 

 gaudy plumage, are in collection. Among 

 these are the Aniljoyna and Ternate Loris, 

 called Kustoree in the language of the natives ; 

 t^e Kiiig parrot of Few §Ott& Wales, {Platy- 

 cmm s&^Mi^t} of die p^rrd^Mb^ 



from ditferent paxts of the^^^^C I observed an 

 Indian ring-neck parroquet, with its Ijreast, 

 for tlic M'lioh' extent, bare of featbt is ; (in wljich 

 State it has been for five years and upwards, and 

 m tii^ gkiidb ice ^^o;^ 1ik^4i^tu>t }mm- 

 newed ; the loss of phsm^ attuibuted origi- 

 nall\' to p:ivinG;' the creature salt meat :) its lonsr 

 tail is quite perfect. This ridicidous-h)oking', lialf- 

 tiedged production of the parrot tribe, gets upon 

 and clings ta the bars of its eage on any p( rsoit 



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