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GOLDEN-CROWNED PARRAKEET. 
him, not without some misgiving, into a large aviary-cage inhabited 
by a couple of Blue-winged Parrakeets, which dashed wildly about, 
apparently much afraid of the intruder. 
The Golden-crowned one, however, took no notice of them whatever, 
and in the course of a few minutes the tiny couple, having satisfied 
themselves that the new arrival harboured no sinister designs against 
their peace, settled quietly down again, and recommenced their inter- 
rupted combing of each other’s heads, as if nothing had happened, 
and there he has remained ever since, looking as fresh and comfortable, 
as if he had just come in from a ramble through those far-off New 
Zealand woods, which he is fated never to see again. 
In a recent number of Die gefiederte Welt there was an account of 
a brood of Golden-crowned Parrakeets that had been successfully reared 
in Germany. 
