. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE BLUE-BANDED GRASS TAEIJAKEET. 521 take tlio beak in their moutlis, and by a peculiar process disj^'orgo the food, which tlie young take at the same moment. They begin to breod in J)ecember, that bein^^ tlieir suiiinicr. Tlie young are so tame that tliey will fly after me anywhere/' ° « In anotlier instance, mentioned in the same journal, the birds laid their eggs upon f;onie sawdust and there hatched two young, the number of eggs having been Ihrea This ]'iivmkeet will breed more than once i
. The illustrated natural history [microform]. Birds; Natural history; Oiseaux; Sciences naturelles. THE BLUE-BANDED GRASS TAEIJAKEET. 521 take tlio beak in their moutlis, and by a peculiar process disj^'orgo the food, which tlie young take at the same moment. They begin to breod in J)ecember, that bein^^ tlieir suiiinicr. Tlie young are so tame that tliey will fly after me anywhere/' ° « In anotlier instance, mentioned in the same journal, the birds laid their eggs upon f;onie sawdust and there hatched two young, the number of eggs having been Ihrea This ]'iivmkeet will breed more than once in tne season. The young birds get on very fast alter hatching, provided that the room be kept warm and the parent weU supplied with food. At thirty days of age the young Parrakeet has been obsei'ved to feed itself from tlic sood-drawer of its cage. Groundsel seems to be a favourite diet with them, but it si-euis that lettuce does not agree with their constitution. With this exception, the Grass Tavrakeet may be fed precisely in tlie same manner as the canary. Ill its native land it is a migratory bird, assembling after the breeding season in enonnous ilocks as a preparation for their intended journey. The general number of the e^rgs is three or four, and they are merely laid in the holes of the gum-tree without reijuiring a nest. Tlie general colour of this pretty bird is dark mottled green, variegated with other colours. Tlie forehead is yellow, and the head, the nape of the neck, the upper part of the hack, the scapularies and the wing-coverts are light yellowish green, each feather heiiig marked with a crescent-shaped spot of brown near the tip, so as to produce the peculiar mottling so characteristic of the species. These markings are very small on the head, and increase in size on the back, and from their shape the bird is sometimes called the Shell or Scallop Parrot. On each cheek there is a patch of deep blue, below which are three circular spots of the same rich hue.
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