Identifier: illustratedbooko00blak (find matches)
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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lers name—Carolina Parrakeet. German name— Karolina Sittich. The Carolina Conure is the only Parrot to be found in North America, and lives in higherlatitudes than any other kind of Parrot. During a hard winter the Carolina Conure mayfrequently be seen in the snow, whilst jn summer he is the unwelcome guest of farmers inArkansas, Missouri, and Maryland, doing much damage to fields of Indian corn. Those CarolinaParrakeets which arrive in Europe are almost without exception wild birds caught when fullygrown, and are stupidly shy in a cage, screaming terribly at the approach of a human being.When left to themselves they will quickly demolish all but the strongest cages. On the otherhand, they will breed freely when placed in a room by themselves ; and Dr. Russ reared severalbroods in his aviary. As these birds are used to very great heat and severe cold in theirnative country, they may safely be exposed to the vicissitudes of the English climate in an Cassells Canaries J^Cage. Birds.
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RING-NECKED PARAKEET PLUM-HEADED PARAKEET, CONURES. 431 open-air aviary during winter. The plumage is green, except a bright yellow head and orangeface. Male and female are alike. Food, Indian corn, hemp and canary seed. THE BLACK-HEADED CONURE (Conurns nanday), Paraguay.Psitlacus nanday (Russ). English dealers name—Nanday Parrot. German name— Schwarzkopfiger Sittich. This Conure was very rare until lately, but is now frequently obtainable. I found a pairof these birds both hardy and amusing. Their green plumage and black face are in prettycontrast. My pets used to begin to scream terribly when they saw me, and boldly darted at myfingers whenever I put a hand in their cage; but for all that I liked the saucy, bold, noisy birdsmuch. My hopes of breeding them were disappointed by their gnawing the hollow logintended for a nest into minute particles. Food, canary, hemp-seed, Indian corn, millet inthe ear, and a little sponge-cake. THE WHITE-EARED CONURE (Conurus leucotis), Brazil.(Il

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