The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign (1878) (14751823205)

Left: Mealy Rosella Parrakeet (Platycercus adscitus) Hen, Right: Rosella Parrakeet (Platycercus eximius)
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Title: The illustrated book of canaries and cage-birds, British and foreign
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Blakston, W. A Swaysland, W Wiener, August F
Subjects: Canaries Cage birds
Publisher: London New York : Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Contributing Library: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Ernst Mayr Library



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ted by biscuits, green-meat, and any kindof fruit. Boiled rice and boiled Indian corn must be added in the case of Cockatoos newlyimported from the Moluccas or from New Guinea. The Molucca Cockatoos reach Europemostly vi& Holland, and show much aptitude for learning to talk. Within the last ten or fifteen years the large numbers of Cockatoos arriving in Englandfrom Australia have almost supplanted the more expensive and much more delicate Cockatoosfrom the Moluccas. The Australian Cockatoos are, as a rule, so hardy that no limit can bestated as to the number of years they may endure in captivity; but they have much less talentfor learning to talk than their cousins from the Moluccas. All Cockatoos are, when tame, very affectipnate, but also very jealous, and long rememberand resent an injury. The tremendous power of their beaks should never be lost sight of, andmakes the handling of Cockatoos a dangerous operation, to be avoided by any one who is not Cassells CanariES socage Birds
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MEALY ROSELLA PARAKEET. HEN. Vlnc»lll.flroo1^sDay<.SoIlLilJl ROSELLA PARA K EET Cockatoos. 429 practised in taking a Parrot round the neck and holding him firm. If Cockatoos are kept incages, these should be made of the very strongest iron wire, no ordinary woodwork with-standing their beaks. If kept chained to stands, the chain must be very strong, and the perchof the very hardest wood. Metal perches are liable to cause cramp, colds, and inflammationof the abdomen. A number of Cockatoos will live peaceably together, and there is no reason why thesebirds should not breed freely in captivity, provided they were placed in an aviary specially con-structed, and so designed that the birds could not succeed in wrecking it. But only a deafamateur, or one without nerves, should keep a number of Cockatoos, for their screams aresimply distracting. The list of the London Zoological Gardens contains ten Australian Cockatoos, of whichthe following are the best known :— THE GREATER SULPHUR-CR