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TAME PARROTS. 
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addressed by name ; and these would often hint, that 
such and such an article they were much in want of, 
and, without directly requesting me to get it for them, 
would intimate that if I should bring it, they would be 
happy to purchase it of me. 
The only live animals I had with me were a couple 
of parrots, which were a never-failing source of amuse- 
ment. One was a little “ Marianna,’' or Macai of the 
Indians, a small black-headed, white-breasted, orange- 
neck and thighed parrot ; the other, an Anaca, a most 
beautiful bird, banded on the breast and belly with blue 
and red, and the back of the neck and head covered 
with long bright red feathers margined with blue, which 
it would elevate when angry, forming a handsome crest 
somewhat similar to that of the harpy eagle ; its or- 
nithological name is JDerotypus accipitrinus, the hawk- 
headed parrot. There was a remarkable difference in the 
characters of these birds. The Anaca was of a rather 
solemn, morose, and irritable disposition ; while the Ma- 
rianna was a lively little creature, inquisitive as a mon- 
key, and playful as a kitten. It was never quiet, run- 
ning over the whole canoe, climbing into every crack 
and cranny, diving into all the baskets, pans, and pots it 
could discover, and tasting everything they contained. 
It was a most omnivorous feeder, eating rice, farinha, 
every kind of fruit, fish, meat, and vegetable, and drink- 
ing coffee too as well as myself ; and as soon as it saw 
me with basin in hand, would climb up to the edge, and 
not be quiet without having a share, which it would lick 
up with the greatest satisfaction, stopping now and 
then, and looking knowingly round, as much as to say. 
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