. . 157 DOUBLE VELLOVV-HEADED FAKKt) Life-size. I. I FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 495 parrot is a wily and wise bird. It lays its eggs safely outof reach of ordinary danger, and takes good care not tobetray their whereabouts. When the young birds arehatched they are fed twice a day by their elders, early inthe morning and again about the close of day. The birds,in feeding their j^oung, give vent to a series of contentedclucks and chuckles, which is answered by the young birds live on mangoes and the nuts of the ebony tree. THE


. . 157 DOUBLE VELLOVV-HEADED FAKKt) Life-size. I. I FAMOUS FOREIGN BIRDS 495 parrot is a wily and wise bird. It lays its eggs safely outof reach of ordinary danger, and takes good care not tobetray their whereabouts. When the young birds arehatched they are fed twice a day by their elders, early inthe morning and again about the close of day. The birds,in feeding their j^oung, give vent to a series of contentedclucks and chuckles, which is answered by the young birds live on mangoes and the nuts of the ebony tree. THE OWL PARROT* The Australian continent and New Zealand, as every-body knows, are the countries where everything goes bycontraries. And it is here that the parrot group has devel-oped some of its most curious offshoots. One would imaginebeforehand that no two birds could be more unlike in everyrespect than the gaudy, noisy, gregarious cockatoos andthe somber, nocturnal, solitary owls. Yet the New ZealandOwl Parrot is a lorj^ which has assumed all the appearancesand habits of an owl. A lurker in the twilight or u


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