. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. lOI THE YELLOW-HEAD MEXICAN PARROT. In the United States this species is, without doubt, the most popular of Parrots, and is the most fluent talker and the most easily taught. In our opinion the Mexican Parrot is the best talking bird in exist- ence, and should be ranked even before the Gray Parrot. They are larger than the Gray Parrot, and are a beau- tiful green in color, with bright red on the edges of the wings and tail. Some Parrots of this species are very fond of bathing and should be often indulged in this cleanly habit, and wh
. The Bird food company's book of cage birds:. Cage birds. lOI THE YELLOW-HEAD MEXICAN PARROT. In the United States this species is, without doubt, the most popular of Parrots, and is the most fluent talker and the most easily taught. In our opinion the Mexican Parrot is the best talking bird in exist- ence, and should be ranked even before the Gray Parrot. They are larger than the Gray Parrot, and are a beau- tiful green in color, with bright red on the edges of the wings and tail. Some Parrots of this species are very fond of bathing and should be often indulged in this cleanly habit, and when they will not bathe ol their own free will, ex- pose to a warm shower in summer or a bath ap- There are two kinds, the DOUBLE YELLOW head and the single yellow head; the former being the better bird of the two, and a healthy young specimen of which is worth $ to A Single Yel- low Head is worth $ to | These are the prices for bright, active birds. Talking birds of either of these varieties are worth from , up to the most fabulous prices. We know of one Mexican Parrot of the Double Yellow kind that can sing portions of over a dozen popular songs, and there is hardly a day passes that she does not add. some word or sentence to her already large vocabulary. Five hundred dollars have been offered and refused for this wonderful bird. Never teach a young Parrot the silly phrases " Pretty Polly;" "Polly wants a cracker," etc., but rather call your bird by some other name than Polly, and learn it something less Stale, flat, and unprofitable than such plied by a garden Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Philadelphia bird food company. [from old catalog]. The Philadelphia bird food companu
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