. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . d-mirably for small Parrots andfor Lories. THE COCKATEEL. The sober-colored Cockateel is the most gentle and amia-ble of all Parrakeets, and is about the size of a commonpigeon. He is of a dun color, with lemon cheeks, and aspot of red on them ; and a gay crest on his head. Nevernoisy and not destructive, a pair of these birds may be keptin a roomy cage in any sitting-room, and can be safely as-sociated in an aviary with the smallest of finches. Fewbirds breed more readily in captivity; they lay from threeto nine eggs, which are hatched in about
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds: . d-mirably for small Parrots andfor Lories. THE COCKATEEL. The sober-colored Cockateel is the most gentle and amia-ble of all Parrakeets, and is about the size of a commonpigeon. He is of a dun color, with lemon cheeks, and aspot of red on them ; and a gay crest on his head. Nevernoisy and not destructive, a pair of these birds may be keptin a roomy cage in any sitting-room, and can be safely as-sociated in an aviary with the smallest of finches. Fewbirds breed more readily in captivity; they lay from threeto nine eggs, which are hatched in about three small box with a small hole at one end should be placedin the cage for them to nest in. He is very frugal in his food, which should consist ofcanary and a little millet seed ; but when breeding a softfood made of stale bread and scalded milk, with a little oat-meal, should be given. Cockateels will sometimes learn totalk. A pair of good specimens is worth $ BIRD FOOD companys BOOK OF CAGE BIRDS. 47 THE AUSTRALIAN This species is the most popular of small are about the size of a canary,but their long tail makes them ap-pear much larger. The plumage isbeautiful green on the breast andtail, and green dappled with yellowon the back and wings, and shadingto yellow on the head. The sexesare very similar. They Will breedfreely in confinement, and require fora nest a cocoanut shell, with a holebored in it, and the meat this curious nest in an ordinarybreeding cage,these birds will setuphouse-keeping, when the proper sea-son commences, and raise severalbroods of young ones. Nearly allthese Parrakeet that are brought to this country are cage-bred in Europe. Australian Parrakeets require no otherseed excepting plain Sicilycanary. The cage illustra-ted, is one of the bestshapes in which to keep apair of them. It is of solidbrass, and sufficiently largeto allow plenty of , It requires but very littletime or
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