GREY PARROT . — Psittacm erythacus. 
The Grey Parrot has long been celebrated for its wonderful powers of 
imitation and its excellent memory. 
It is a native of Western Africa, and is one of the commonest inhabitants of 
our aviaries, being brought over in great numbers by sailors, and always finding 
a ready sale as soon as the vessel arrives in port. Unfortunately the nautical 
vocabulary is none of the most refined, and the sailors have a malicious pleasure 
in teaching the birds to repeat some of the most startling of their phrases. 
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