. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. PARROTS, CUCKOOS, AND P L ANT A I X-E AT E RS 93. Ph6l, f. D. Li X»u//] {^U'.iiurn, NEW ZEALAND KAKA The ^lacrii Wi-p thii bird ai a throughout the Australasian region, inckisi\e of Poh'nesia, and are highl_\- esteemed as pets, combining great beautv with a \^er\- docile disposition and con- siderable talking powers. The birds of this section are also known as Brush-tongued Parrots, from the presence of a remarkable " brush " borne on the end of tjie tongue. This is a s
. Birds of other lands, reptiles, fishes, jointed animals and lower forms;. Zoology; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes. PARROTS, CUCKOOS, AND P L ANT A I X-E AT E RS 93. Ph6l, f. D. Li X»u//] {^U'.iiurn, NEW ZEALAND KAKA The ^lacrii Wi-p thii bird ai a throughout the Australasian region, inckisi\e of Poh'nesia, and are highl_\- esteemed as pets, combining great beautv with a \^er\- docile disposition and con- siderable talking powers. The birds of this section are also known as Brush-tongued Parrots, from the presence of a remarkable " brush " borne on the end of tjie tongue. This is a special adaptation, enabling the birds to iced upon hone_\-; some, indeed, have this brush particularl}- well de- veloped, and are almost entirely hone\-- seekers, \\-hilst others, wherein the brush is less de\'eloped, live largely on fruits. Professor ]\Ioseley tells us that honey literally poured from the mouths of Blue Mountain-lories which he shot at Cape York. The Cockatoos are abundant in the Australian region, but ha\e their head- quarters in the Mala_\' Archipelago. Besides the familiar white-crested form so commonly kept in England, the group includes an iron-grey coloured bird with a bright red head, and a huge black species, which represents the giant of the order. It is a fimercal-looking bird, the largest specimens inhabiting Xew Guinea, One of its most striking features is the beak, \\hich is of enormous size. Its tongue differs from that of other parrots in that it is slender and c\'lindrical in shape, and of a deep red colour, instead of thick-, flesh}-, and blaclc. It frequents, Rlr. \\'allace tells us, the lower parts of the forest, feeding upon \arious fruits and seeds, but displaying a marked partiality for the kernel of the canar_\--nut, «hich grows on a lofty forest-tree; "and the manner in which it gets at these seeds," writes Mr. Wallace, " shows a correlation of structure and habits which -^vould point to the canar_\- as its special food
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