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  • Tarzana seemed pleased with all my purchases and made himself right at home in his bright green cage outfitted with a swing and tray for alpiste.

    Tarzana, my Mexican parakeet 1997

  • Tarzana seemed pleased with all my purchases and made himself right at home in his bright green cage outfitted with a swing and tray for alpiste.

    Tarzana, my Mexican parakeet 1997

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  • "..the alpiste seed is of an oval figure, of a pale yellow, inclining to an isabel colour, bright and glossy." Encyclopaedia Britannica: or, a Dictionary of Arts, Science and Miscellaneous Literature, Sixth ed., Vol I. 1823.

    January 30, 2010