parrakeet

/ ˈpærəˌkiːt /

noun

It was so often upon Crozier's lips that Lorenzo the Magnificent (the parrakeet) had acquired it perfectly.

Of birds some species of parrakeet, the “mandarin” blackbird, and the woodcock are not found in the rest of Indo-China.

But they found the house empty, except for a chattering monkey and a screaming parrakeet, both attached to pedestal perches.

There were more farewells in shallow water, more running to and fro; a brief reappearance of the undecided parrakeet.

Bird-sellers give the name of Guinea-sparrow to this little parrakeet, which is not larger than the common crossbill.

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