Parrot Family Birds - Their Training, Care and Breeding, Also Chapters on Talking Birds

Parrots and other psittacine birds have been kept as pets for centuries; since the days of ancient Rome, Greece, and other civilizations before them. This fascinating text contains a detailed handbook on the training, care, and breeding of birds related to the parrot family, sure to appeal and be of use to anyone with an interest in these wonderful birds. The chapters of this book include: Taming, Teaching Birds to Talk, Breeding and Housing in Captivity, Parrots, Hill Mynahs, Lorikeets and Lories, Loriquets or Hanging Parakeets, Lorilets or Fig Parrots, African Love Birds, Pigmy Parrot, Magpies, Cockatoos, Cockatiels, Macaws, Australian Shell Parakeets, The Larger Parakeets, et cetera. This antique text has been elected for modern republication due to its educational value, and we are proud to republish it now complete with a new introduction to the subject of aviculture.