This is another very elegant species, which is sometimes brought here. They are larger in size than the former, and are very gentle, and familiar in their manners, and easily taught to speak, and whistle snatches of tunes.

Food

Treatment and food the same as the Brazilian.

Location

Found in different parts of South America - Resident.

Of this very numerous tribe, or genus, of birds, nearly all of which inhabit the warmer regions of the Old and New World, there are the Maccaws, the Cockatoos, the Lorys, and the Parrakeets. There are some of them which may be taught to speak and to whistle, and are docile and of gentle manners, and some of them are truly splendid in their plumage. Yet by far the greater part of them are so extremely vociferous and noisy, that they are much more at home in the menagerie than in the parlor.