Far Away And Long Ago A History Of My Early Life By W. H. Hudson








































































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In the description in a former chapter of our old peach trees in their
blossoming time I mentioned the paroquets - Page 94
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In The Description In A Former Chapter Of Our Old Peach Trees In Their Blossoming Time I Mentioned The Paroquets Which Occasionally Visited Us But Had Their Breeding-Place Some Distance Away.

This bird was one of the two common parrots of the district, the other larger species being the Patagonian parrot, _Conarus patagonus_, the _Loro barranquero_ or Cliff Parrot of the natives.

In my early years this bird was common on the treeless pampas extending for hundreds of miles south of Buenos Ayres as well as in Patagonia, and bred in holes it excavated in cliffs and steep banks at the side of lakes and rivers. These breeding-sites were far south of my home, and I did not visit them until my boyhood's days were over.

In winter these birds had a partial migration to the north: at that season we were visited by flocks, and as a child it was a joy to me when the resounding screams of the travelling parrots, heard in the silence long before the birds became visible in the sky, announced their approach. Then, when they appeared flying at a moderate height, how strange and beautiful they looked, with long pointed wings and long graduated tails, in their sombre green plumage touched with yellow, blue, and crimson colour! How I longed for a nearer acquaintance with these winter visitors and hoped they would settle on our trees! Sometimes they did settle to rest, perhaps to spend half a day or longer in the plantation; and sometimes, to my great happiness, a flock would elect to remain with us for whole days and weeks, feeding on the surrounding plain, coming at intervals to the trees during the day, and at night to roost.

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