. Birds and nature . ckles strode majestically tothe feast, followed by their more timidcousins, the red-winged and yellow-head-ed blackbirds, and then dissension arose,the larger driving away the weaker, andthose of equal strength fighting overfood where there was abundance for all. All day there were coming and goingnot alone the residents, but those whoon their long migrations had stopped torest their weary wings beneath the shel-tering branches of our grove, and thenook beneath the canopy of snow re-sounded with their chatter save whenthey suddenly started forth at some falsealarm. On the
. Birds and nature . ckles strode majestically tothe feast, followed by their more timidcousins, the red-winged and yellow-head-ed blackbirds, and then dissension arose,the larger driving away the weaker, andthose of equal strength fighting overfood where there was abundance for all. All day there were coming and goingnot alone the residents, but those whoon their long migrations had stopped torest their weary wings beneath the shel-tering branches of our grove, and thenook beneath the canopy of snow re-sounded with their chatter save whenthey suddenly started forth at some falsealarm. On the succeeding day summer smiledon earth once more and the soft cover-ing of snow was dispelled as if by magicwhile the birds renewed their songs ofmirth and cheer, and the fairy banquethall was deserted. Long afterward a single stalk of bar-ley growing from the rich loam grace-fully waved a head of bearded grainabove the spot. A fitting emblem, I fan-cied, of that long remembered banquetin the snow. Hattie Washburn. 222. FROM COL. CHI. AOAO. SCIENCES 157 DOUBLE YELLUW-llEADKD PARROr. (Amazona oratrix). ]4 Life-size. , 1900, BY A. W. MUMFOHO, CHICARO THE DOUBLE YELLOW-HEADED PARROT {Ainazona oratrix.) The Double Yellow-headed Parrotsinhabit Mexico. The forests of theirrange abound in trees of many kindsbearing nuts and fruits, upon whichthey feed. Not infrequently these Par-rots will also visit corn fields, for theyseem to be very fond of the kernels ofcorn. In the fields they are frequentlycaught by the owners and sold, but theadult Parrots caught in this mannerrarely become fully tame in captivity,and do not learn to talk well. This Par-rot to become a good mimic of the hu-man voice and a good talker, must beraised from the nest by the hand of itskeeper. It is said that by the time it isable to eat alone, and if it has beenfriendly with its keeper, it will havelearned to repeat some words and possi-bly a few sentences. These Parrots arehardy birds and become easily accl
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