. Bird notes . ppearance. Dr. Butler in Foreign Bird Keeping quotingSchomburgh, sa3^s : That it is less abundant than the typical parrots ; it lives chiefly in pairs, more rarely in little companies, affects the lower woods in the vicinity of settlements, is confiding, easily tame- able, but delicate and unteachable. Its cry sounds like Hia-Hia (the English equivalent would be Hea- Hea) ; it moreover nests in tree-holes, and lays more than two eggs, occasionally four. As regards theabove I can only say that it is neither delicate, nor yetunteachable, in fact just the opposite, for I consider i
. Bird notes . ppearance. Dr. Butler in Foreign Bird Keeping quotingSchomburgh, sa3^s : That it is less abundant than the typical parrots ; it lives chiefly in pairs, more rarely in little companies, affects the lower woods in the vicinity of settlements, is confiding, easily tame- able, but delicate and unteachable. Its cry sounds like Hia-Hia (the English equivalent would be Hea- Hea) ; it moreover nests in tree-holes, and lays more than two eggs, occasionally four. As regards theabove I can only say that it is neither delicate, nor yetunteachable, in fact just the opposite, for I consider itrobust, and certainly to be numbered among the mostintelligent of parrots. The late Dr. Russ consideredthis species as far and away one of the most beautifuland interesting of parrots ; from the same source welearn that it is only singly and rarely imported. TheHon. and Rev. F. G. Dutton considers the bird trea-cherous and inclined to bite. The Hon. and must have been unfortunate in his specimen. H^. Photo by E. O. PAGE. HAWK-HEADED CAIQUE. 37 at the same time it proves that cantankerous andmalicious individuals occur in this species ; my ownexperience coincides with that of Drs. Greene andRuss ; but it will be seen later that it is not my mind, however, it is the parrot for a pet. Attractive qualities :—These are numerous, quiteapart from its beauty and interesting manner of rais-ing the feathers of the nape. It is nothing less thana libel to describe this bird as delicate and unteachable,it is quite the reverse. My specimen would havenothing to do with constant repetition, but has pickedup such phrases as the following : Ernest— Ernie—Ernests here—Ernests come—Whats thematter—What yer doing?—Whatever are youdoing?—and others which it does not yet articulateclearly. * When he wishes to come out of his cage, he comesto the front and makes quite a noise with his mandi-bles against the wires of cage, and calls out open thedoor. It is only no
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