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Two rare specimens are the Short-tailed Parrot 
(Pionus brachyurus ), from Brazil, and the Venezuela 
Parrakeet ( Bolborhynchus lineolatus). 
A number of small parrakeets are common in South 
America, as the Cayenne Parrakeet (. Brotogerys tui- 
para :), the Yellow-throated Parrakeet ( B . tom), 
the Orange-winged Parrakeet ( B . xanthopterus ), 
the Yellow-headed Parrakeet ( B . tui), and the 
Passerine Parrakeet (Psittacula passerina ), the latter 
much resembling the love birds of Afriea. 
The cockatoos are confined to the Australian region. 
Being for the most part large birds of graceful flight, their 
appearance in large flocks is described as being singularly 
beautiful. The following will be found in this building:— 
The Slender-billed Cockatoo (Ptcmetis temdrostris), 
Ducorps’ Cockatoo ( Cacatua ducorpsi), the Lesser 
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (C sulphured ), the Sul¬ 
phur-crested Cockatoo (C. galerita), the Roseate 
Cockatoo (C rosezcapilla), Leadbeater’s Cockatoo 
(C. leadbeateri ), the Red-vented Cockatoo (C. phil- 
lipinarum ), the Great White-crested Cockatoo (C. 
cristata ), and the Rose-crested Cockatoo (C. mohic - 
censis). These birds talk with ease and live to a great age,— 
a specimen which recently died in the Garden was known 
to be at least ninety years old. 
The Crested Grass Parrakeet ( Calopsitta tiovce- 
hollandice) is a very beautiful bird from Australia, living in 
hollow trees. Unlike most of its order, it breeds with some 
facility in confinement, when afforded proper accommo¬ 
dations. 
The order Columbce , comprising the pigeons and doves, 
is a very extensive group, containing over four hundred 
species, more than one-third of which are natives of the 
Malayan Archipelago, the remainder being distributed over 
the world. A number of species are indigenous to North 
America, many of which have been exhibited at the Garden ; 
of these, the following are usually on hand :— 
The White-crowned Pigeon (Columba leucocephald ), 
southern United States and West Indies. 
The Cuban Pigeon (C. inornatd ), West Indies. 
