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TALKING-BIRDS. 
THE GREEN PARROT. 
This beautiful bird is rather 
larger than the common gray par¬ 
rot. Its plumage is a fine green, 
the feathers edged with purplish 
brown, in the front; all round the 
base of the bill is bright red, the 
cheeks deep blue, and the top of 
the head yellow; the edge of the 
wings at some distance beyond 
the shoulders is red ; all the quill 
feathers and wing coverts deep 
or dusky blue. The outside feath¬ 
er on each side the tail deep 
blue, tipped with yellow; the next 
feather red, with a similar yellow 
tip; and all the remaining ones 
green, with yellow tips; the bill 
pale, and the legs and feet dusky. 
PAROQUETS, OR PARRAKEETS. 
These belong to the parrot tribe, but are 
much smaller in size, and have longer 
tails. There are numerous species, the 
most beautiful of which is the song paro¬ 
quet, which is not more remarkable for its 
beauty of form and gracefulness of move¬ 
ment than for its docility and imitative 
powers. It is about the size of a common 
pigeon, and its general color an elegant 
bright green above, paler or yellower be¬ 
neath. It has a moderately broad black 
band or stripe round its neck, and a red 
collar, near half an inch in width, but nar¬ 
rowing as it passes forward, immediately 
beneath the black one, almost reaching 
the front of the neck. The bill is of a 
bright orange color, inclining towards red; 
the tail feathers often of a bluish tinge; 
The Ringed Parrakeet is frequently seen domestica¬ 
ted in this country, where its pleasing manners and gentle disposition ren¬ 
der it a general favorite. It soon learns to repeat words and short sen¬ 
tences, and to speak with tolerable distinctness. 
the legs ash-colored. 
