This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...in the Catalogue of the London Zoological Society, which seems to me to be quite a mistake, seeing that the word "Parrakeet" is usually applied to those members of the Parrot family with long tails, in contradistinction to the Parrots proper whose tails are short, square, or slightly rounded in a few ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...in the Catalogue of the London Zoological Society, which seems to me to be quite a mistake, seeing that the word "Parrakeet" is usually applied to those members of the Parrot family with long tails, in contradistinction to the Parrots proper whose tails are short, square, or slightly rounded in a few cases. It might be thought that these little birds, essentially arboreal as they are in their habits, and feeding on the nectar of the blossoms and the luscious juices of the fruits in their native wilds, would be incapable of existing in a cage: but not so; not only do they endure very well in confinement, but thrive in a state of captivity, providing anyone has the patience to keep them. I confess that a very short acquaintance with and experience of their peculiarities was enough for me. A correspondent had written, describing a pair of birds in his possession, to ask if I could tell him what they were, and I fancy he sent me a rough coloured sketch of one of them. Whether or not, I had no difficulty in identifying the species, and sent him the information for which he was seeking. They were green birds, he said, with yellowish-brown heads and backs, and they had a habit of hanging, not only along the top of their cage, but from the perch, in which extraordinary position they also passed the night I They had bills of the same shape as a Parrot and ate bread and milk, sweetened, and fruit, and were especially fond of grapes. Then my correspondent proceeded to describe in forcible terms some peculiar habits of the creatures and wound up by saying that no cage would be large enough, and that they ought to be kept in a field! I thought he exaggerated, perhaps, and as he was good enough to make me an offer of them I accepted with many...
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