Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1918 — For Those Fond of Parrots. [ARTICLE]

For Those Fond of Parrots.

The voyage by steamship is very hard on parrots, which are stored In the hold, commonly in close proximity to the engine room. Consequently they are apt to reach their final destination in a sickly condition. Ope should be careful to make sure in buying an African parrot that it is a healthy bird. There are hundreds of species of parrots and the most beautiful of them all are the cockatoos, native exclusively of Australasia. The giants of the tribe are the American macaws. Neither the macaw nor the cockatoo® is ordinarily much of a talker, but occasionally specimens are very clever at conversation.