LEADER 02500nam 2200409 450 001 9910794191803321 005 20200615192417.0 010 $a1-76087-381-0 035 $a(CKB)4100000010659168 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6135329 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000010659168 100 $a20200615d2020 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBudgerigar $ehow a brave, chatty and colourful little Aussie bird stole the world's heart /$fSarah Harris & Don Baker 210 1$aSydney, New South Wales :$cAllen & Unwin,$d[2020] 210 4$dİ2020 215 $a1 online resource (viii, 252 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations 311 $a1-76087-548-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aA companion to the great -- Unbeknown to early tourists -- John Roach, the scoundrel bird-stuffer -- The goulded cage -- Birds in hand -- Further adventures of a bird-stuffer -- Budgerigar dreaming -- How ornithologists tell it -- Ship ahoy! -- Feathers fly -- Mon petit parakeet -- Of peas and Japanese -- Sick as a parrot -- By royal command -- The sealed section -- When duty calls -- The cult of the budgie -- Budgezilla -- It's showtime! -- Smuggled budgies and dark deeds -- Doing bird and other therapeutic uses -- Still call Australia home -- Sooths and sayers -- Famous fanciers -- Spinning around -- Wild thing. 330 $aThey sing and dance, and yawn as contagiously as humans. They are masters of mimicry. They grasp simple grammar, can count to six and have memories that belie their size. They've been coveted by royals and been companions to the great and famous as well as grannies in suburban kitchens around the world. They've been painted by masters, rendered in the finest porcelain and graced fashionable hats and earrings of the highest order. Their image has been used to sell whisky, stamps and laundry detergent and everything in between. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed budgerigars are Australia's gift to the bird world.--$cSource other than Library of Congress. 606 $aBudgerigar 615 0$aBudgerigar. 676 $a636.6864 700 $aHarris$b Sarah$01577062 702 $aBaker$b Don 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794191803321 996 $aBudgerigar$93855321 997 $aUNINA