PETER AND HIS RELATIONS . 
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try to stop her, she gets frantic and literally raves in screams. 
There is only one thing you can do that will avail at 
all. Dash a whole glass of water over her and she will stop 
instantly. But this is Dad 
for the drawing-room carpet. 
The Alexandrine Parra- 
keet is not common till you 
get further north than Bom- 
bay, but many find their 
way to the market there. 
It is a much larger and 
coarser looking bird than 
the last, but very like it in 
colour. I believe it is sup- 
posed to talk better. It its 
named after Alexander the 
Great, who took one back 
with him after his visit to 
this country. 
The swift - flying Rose- 
headed Parrakeet does not 
come much into our gardens, 
it is almost commoner than 1 
ROSE-HEADED PARRAKEET. 
but all down the West Coast 
he other two. It ravages the 
