Small celluloid parrots perched on the rims of the glasses were appropriate souvenirs.

"The parrot's a nice lad, I mean.

Again, the parrots, the toucans, the birds of paradise, and many other of the more beautiful exotic species, are fruit-eaters, and reflect their inherited taste in their own gaudy plumage.

In her isolation, the parrot was almost a son, a lover.

A parrot, indeed, is as fine as a colonel, and, if he has been much used to good company, is not wholly without conversation; but a parrot, after all, is a poor little creature, and has neither sword nor shoulder-knot, can neither dance nor play at cards.

But as he was a good natural philosopher and did not believe parrots to be prophets, he quickly recovered his spirits and resolved to execute his duty to the best of his power.

Birds imitate the songs of their parents, and sometimes of other birds; and parrots are notorious imitators of any sound which they often hear.

"This parrot is an old acquaintance of mine.

The parrot was the clergyman, the peacock was the clerk, The bullfinch played the organ,we made merry work.

There was only one way into this room when those robberies were committed, and the parrot was the only living thing in the house that was small enough to go through that pipe and intelligent enough to do the trick.