. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THK J!U^^!JM,KJi IkliAKLEi. Otll( to be only good set in. They are said by some travellers to be very good ea for soup. The Gi-ey Parrot iii his native haunts is an unsociable l)ird, and a curious story is told by Dr. Dohrn, and confirmed by Mi-. Keulemans, respecting the species in Prince's Island. As has already been stated, the Parrots are extremely common there, but not a single Kite is met with on the On the neighbouring island of St. Thomas there is an almndance of Black Kites but not a single Parrot, between whom and the
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. THK J!U^^!JM,KJi IkliAKLEi. Otll( to be only good set in. They are said by some travellers to be very good ea for soup. The Gi-ey Parrot iii his native haunts is an unsociable l)ird, and a curious story is told by Dr. Dohrn, and confirmed by Mi-. Keulemans, respecting the species in Prince's Island. As has already been stated, the Parrots are extremely common there, but not a single Kite is met with on the On the neighbouring island of St. Thomas there is an almndance of Black Kites but not a single Parrot, between whom and the Kites a v^' ' -j^ constant warfare is —"^^si ^ ^"' waged, so that, should one of the latter get (.Iriven over to Princes Island he is almost im- mediately sot upon by the Parrots and slaugh- tered ; and the com- pliment is returned i;' a Parrot is so unfor- tunate as to land un- invited on St. Thomas'.s. On the coast the chief enemy of the Parrots is the Vulturine Sea-E;xgb {Gypohierax angoknsis). The colouring ot the Grey Parrot is simple, being of a clear bluish-grey, with a r^d tiiil. About the fiice the skin is white, and covered with a soft, velvety feathering, which there is a plentiful supj^ly of white powder, as any one knows who scratches the head of "; This powder is present in most of the family, but not to the same degi-ee '-''^^ i-ahuut. as in the grey species. The young bird in the nest is stated to have the tail dark-grey instead of red, and it is more of a brownish-grey colour, not so clear as in the old bird, while tlie iris is gi'ey instead of yellow. The CoNURES {Cmvurina} ai-e the thii-d sub-family of PaiTots, and are represented largely in America, only one genus, Palmornis, being found in India and Africa. They have the head devoid of a crest, with a veiy long gi-aduated tail, and shoi-t and weak tarsi. Amongst the best-known species of this sub-family may be mentioned the Great THE ROSE-EINGED PAREAKEET [P,i!a
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