. Stories about birds of land and water . st tell you that all birds can do thisin some degree, but the parrot better than any. The upper part of his billis not a mere piece of the skull, but is quite separate from it, and connectedby a joint, so that it can move with the utmost ease. And the muscles thatmove the bill are very strong indeed, so that it can crack the hardest fruit,and do almost anything. The parrot has a thick fleshy tongue, that can taste and relish the in some kinds of honey-loving parrots, that feed on the nectar of flowers,the tongue has a kind of brush at the end
. Stories about birds of land and water . st tell you that all birds can do thisin some degree, but the parrot better than any. The upper part of his billis not a mere piece of the skull, but is quite separate from it, and connectedby a joint, so that it can move with the utmost ease. And the muscles thatmove the bill are very strong indeed, so that it can crack the hardest fruit,and do almost anything. The parrot has a thick fleshy tongue, that can taste and relish the in some kinds of honey-loving parrots, that feed on the nectar of flowers,the tongue has a kind of brush at the end of it, made of tiny filaments, thatcan spread out when wanted, and sweep off the honeyed juices of the flower. The parrots, as a family, are dressed in the richest attire. They vie with 156 STOJilES ABOUT BIRDS. the other birds of the forest, in their costume of red, and yellow, and blue, andgreen. They are very sociable birds, and live in flocks, and roost in thegreat hollow trees of the forest. While in their native state they have not. -MmAiM(\ ^Vp, ,^f(^^., < ^^/ THE GREY PARROT. learned to speak our language, like their brethren in cages, but they can talkfast enough in their own. The noise and screaming they make is beyonddescription. rilE PARROT. 157 -^. JI ll ^ ■ ■ ~ \\ 1;- J: ,iii|y#^<S45$rO IV)
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