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Title: The royal natural history
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lydekker, Richard, 1849-1915 Sclater, Philip Lutley, 1829-1913 Frostick, W. B., former owner. DSI Brooks, W. T., former owner. DSI
Subjects: Zoology Natural history
Publisher: London and New York : Frederick Warne & Co.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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e secondaries of thewings, are ornamentedwith a broad band ofwhite. The female lacksthe brilliant head-coloursof her consort. The cock-atiel is found all overAustralia, with the ex-ception of North-EasternQueensland, and associ-ates in flocks of con-siderable size. Thefemale lays from five toseven, or even nine eggs,in the incubation ofwhich the male takes afull share. Strong in itsflight, the cockatiel is asomewhat restless, and atthe same time a noisybird. Mr. W. T. Greenewrites that, takenwhen about half-fledgedfrom the nest, and brought up by hand, or rather by mouth, the young malecockatiel becomes the most charming pet that can be imagined ; in point of fact,there is scarcely any accomplishment that he cannot be taught. He will perform allmanner of little tricks, such as kissing his mistress, pretending to be dead, flyingout of window, and returning at the word of command : and he will also learn torepeat, with great distinctness, not only words, but short sentences, and even to
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COCKATIEL. COCKATOOS. imitate, in a disconnected and rambling fasliion, it is true, the chattering of hiscompatriot, the budgerigar, or the warbling of his rival the canary. These birdswill breed freely in confinement; and they have the advantage of an equable andcontented disposition, which enables them to live peaceably with the other inhabit-ants of an aviary, whether great or small. Indeed, so easy-going in di&j)Osition isthe cockatiel, that it will frequently allow itself to be hustled about and bullied byits smaller cousin, the budgerigar, the description of which comes later on in thechapter. The Typical Parrots. Family PsiTTACID^K With the exception ofthe peculiar owl-parrot ofNew Zealand, the whole ofthe remaining members of theorder are included in a singlefamily, which comprises a farlarger number of genera andspecies than either of theothers. The group is one verydifficult to dehne; but, withthe exception of the Uvaeanparrot and a kindred species,all its members are di

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