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PAROaUET. 
The Paroquet is less than the common 
parrot, and furnished with a longer tail. The 
Paroquets found in Brazil are most beautiful 
in their plumage, and are the most talkative 
birds in nature. They are very tame, and 
appear fond of mankind. And while he 
continues to talk, they answer him, and 
appear resolved to have the last word. It is 
not for the sake of their conversation alone 
that the parrot is sought after by the savages; 
for though some of the species are tough and 
very ill-tasted, yet there are other sorts, par- 
ticularly the Paroquet tribe, that are very 
delicate food. The seed of the cotton tree, 
of which they are particularly fond, intoxi- 
cates them ns wine intoxicates man. 
