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firft taking. hold of the branch above them with 
their beak, and afterwards they grafp it with their 
claws, and fo raife up their bodies. ‘They ufe - 
their beak too as a kind of third foot; for, as 
they defcend from their perches, they often reft . 
part of their weight upon it, » before they remove 
either of their feet. : . 
There are feveral kinds of Parrots: the Cocka- 
too is a beautiful bird of the Parrot kind ; his: 
feathers are white, and his beak very round and 
crooked: he has a creft of long feathers on his 
head, which he can raife or lower when he 
pleafes, 
In Ternate, (which is one ‘of the Molucca : 
iflands,) and in other parts of the Eaft Indies, 
the Cockatoos build their nets on the tops of | 
houfes. 
The Cockatoo may be taught to fpeak, bus 
not fo plainly as many other kinds of Parrots. 
| There is another kind of Parrot, without any 
_ creft, having a fhort tail. The Grey Parrot from 
Guinea is one of thefe. It is eafily taught to 
{peak, when young, and will readily i imitate the 
tone of a voice that is harfh. | 
A lady i in France had a Parrot that was very 
fond of the cook-maid, and would follow her 
about the houfe, and exprefs the greatett { fatifac 
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