Humming-birds are scarce, though here and there a few appear; while countless numbers of parrots and parrakeets fly overhead in dense crowds, at times drowning every other sound with their noisy clatter.
Rare in size and beauty among all the parrots of South America, the macrocercus macao will force you to take your eyes from the rest of animated nature and gaze at him.
Many of the least barbarous tribes have frequently large meetings, when they dress up in feather ornaments of parrots and macaws in a variety of curious disguises.
Parrots much inferior in size and less richly decked fly amid the foliage in vast numbers.
The Indians assert that when parrots are fed upon it they become tinged with yellow, and they often use it to render their papagaios more variegated.
There is a metal hoop suspended by a chain, and it is found that parrots are very fond of getting into this hoop, and swinging about.
Parrots detest being left in the dark, and it is surprising how soon the bird finds that her utterance of the forbidden sound is sure to be followed by condign punishment, and therefore ceases to be guilty of the offence.
Parrots are very fond of exercising their strong beaks, and are apt to gnaw their perches so incessantly, that they cut them in two, despite the hardness of the material.
Parrots are marvellously nervous birds, and while young will often throw themselves into such paroxysms of fear at the mere sight of a stranger, that they will even endanger their lives.
The establishment of pigeons in one's house is fraught with blessedness, as also of parrots both male and female.
And there were talking parrots and she-parrots and Bhringarajas and Kokilas and Catapatras with Koyashtikas and Kukkubhas, and peacocks and cocks and Datyuhas and Jivajivakas and Chakoras and monkeys and swans and Sarasas and Chakravakas.
The seven young Parrots had not gone far, when they saw a tree with a single cherry on it, which the oldest Parrot picked instantly; but the other six, being extremely hungry, tried to get it also.
There was a family of two old Parrots and seven young Parrots.
Illustration] After this they came to a shore where there were no less than sixty-five great red parrots with blue tails, sitting on a rail all of a row, and all fast asleep.
From that tiny little green bird the range of parrots runs up to huge fowl with feathers of all the colours of the rainbow.
The grey parrots form a great article of barter here.
Similar cases may be observed with parrots and pigeons.
In the Zoological Gardens parrots have clearly recognised their former masters after an interval of some months.
Nevertheless, we must remember that many parrotsare ornamented with crimson, blue, and orange tints, which can hardly be protective.
Nevertheless it would be extremely rash to assume that parrots are descended from some ancient progenitor which was a songster.
It has often been said that parrots become so deeply attached to each other that when one dies the other for a long time pines; but Mr. Jenner Weir thinks that with most birds the strength of their affection has been much exaggerated.
It will be admitted by every one, who has ever tried, how difficult it is to distinguish parrots in a leaf-covered tree.
I believe it was a shark--and three young wild ducks, and some more of those parrots up in the trees.
There was nothing till, as they returned the other side, they saw the parrots approach and descend into the ivy-grown oak.
Bevis under his handkerchief listened to Pan snapping his teeth at the flics, and looked up at the sky till four parrots (wood-pigeons) came over, and descended into an oak not far off.
The squirrel had disappeared, and the four parrots had flown at the report.
Eagles, vultures, and parrots are found in a wild state all over the country, while the rivers and the waters near the coast are well filled with fish, crocodiles, and turtles.
The macaws, chained by the leg, and the screaming parrots vie with each other and with the monkeys in the amount of noise they make.
The monkey tribe is fully represented; gaudy winged parrots dazzle the eye with impossible colors.
Two parrots lived, a sire and son, On roastings from a royal fire.
Two demigods, a son and sire, These parrots pension'd for their fun.
Captain Byrnes transferred the two Parrotsto an eminence just upon the river and above the town, and answered her fire.
Lieutenant Lawrence was also directed to place his Parrots upon a tongue of land projecting northward from a range of hills running parallel with the river.
Yesterday evening Lady Reed with all her curtsies left this place, but not without inviting your Gentleman to come as a connoisseur to assist her Mackaws, Parrots and Paroqueets.
I finally agreed with him and provisioned myself during the same night, and had my plunder, bread, and several other things, as well as the parrots which I brought from India, all put on board.
They rear fowls as in our Spain, and geese; keep many parrots in their houses, and occupy much land, and the whole are of one language.
She continued the application of honey and tallow for three or four weeks, when Jim so far recovered as to be able to shoot parrots for me again.
Ebo Jim I found to be a good marksman with a gun, and I furnished him often with powder and shot, with which he killed a great many wild parrots for me to eat, from which I had a number of good meals.
Well, then, do you three fall to work on the job, while I roast someparrots for to-morrow's breakfast.
Wilmore and Gilbert conducted their joint manoeuvres with so much skill, that before supper-time, half a dozen good-sized parrots had been bagged, and their flesh when boiled was pronounced by all to be excellent.
I will show you my little blue sitting-room, my winter garden, my aviary, my parrotsand blackbirds.
Do not be afraid," she added, "that I shall ask you to make the acquaintance of all the asses and parrots that have chattered and gesticulated round me for years.
The extraordinary intelligence exhibited by some parrots is particularly remarkable; it is, indeed, their sensible behaviour, not their form, that makes us regard these creatures as representatives of the Quadrumana.
The Long-tailed Parrots may be considered as the type of their order, inhabiting, as they do, all the various countries in which the race is found.
Among the most vivacious and docile members of this family, the Dwarf Parrots (Psittacula) deserve our particular notice, for their behaviour is quite in harmony with their beautiful exterior.
The hard nuts that other parrots enjoy are avoided by the Nestor, whose beak is not strong enough to break the shell.
The plumage of the Long-tailed Parrots is very varied, still it never possesses the softness and gloss observable in the coat of the Lory.
These bushes stand in the same relation to the Brazilian rivers as willows do to European streams; but the trees are higher, and the parrots can often make their homes on their strong stems or branches.
He sat down upon the ground and laughed till he cried, and the noise woke all the parrots dozing in the trees, and all began jabbering at once, while the cockatoo gave one of his terrible screeches.
Again, trees appeared, and at last they reached the virgin forest where monkeys scampered among the trees and the cries of parrots were heard in the air, as their brilliant plumage flashed in the sunlight.
Well, yes; but it is an advantage that also has a disadvantage, for our serpents are so lovely that even they are not easily seen by the parrots when they wriggle up among the orchids.
Parrots love those trees, because while there they have sunshine, and because birds of prey cannot easily tell which is parrot and which is flower or flame-coloured lichen.
Well, the parrotslike to be by themselves, and few of my birds care to live among them.
Sitting on a stool and figuring discounts is business, and trading cheese-cloth forparrots is business too.
I took six of the men and started inland through the hot woods, where the green and red parrots screamed overhead.
The sun was very bright, and I could hear the parrots screaming away in the woods behind us.
My eyes were always straying from the print, first to the painted parrots on the walls, and then, by natural succession, to the window.
We were only two lads standing there in a snug first-floor room, where yellow parrots sprawled on the painted wall, and a mild-mannered gentleman with a russet wig motioned us to sit down.
By the words that they utter in an unexpected manner, Parrots contribute to our amusement and diversion, and quite become companions.
Parrots have large, strong, and round beaks; the upper mandible strongly hooked and sharp at the extremity, extending beyond the lower, which is rather deeply hollowed.
Parrots have a mania for using their beaks upon everything that comes in their way.
Notwithstanding their prattling, Parrots are the favourites of men, from their remarkable talent of imitation.
Captive Parrots will habituate themselves, if permitted, to the use of wine; it produces the same effect on them as on the human family, viz.
They are the largest among the race ofParrots of the Old Continent.
Parrots imitate not only the words, but even the gestures of those with whom they come in contact.
Parrots are divided into several species, founded upon the size and the predominating colour of the plumage.
Essentially frugivorous, Parrots prefer the fruits of the palm, banana, and guava trees.
The family ofParrots comprises four principal groups--the Macaws, Parrakeets, Parrots properly speaking, and Cockatoos.
Like almost all birds of tropical regions, Parrots are adorned with most beautiful colours, green predominating; then comes red, and finally blue and yellow.
In general, Parrots are sedentary, and willingly remain in localities without a desire to leave.
Taken young, they become very familiar, and are as quick as Parrotsin learning the art of speaking.
Parrots rarely breed in Europe; it is true they often lay, but the eggs are sterile.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parrots" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
