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From: larrabee@decwrl.dec.com (Tracy Larrabee)
Newsgroups: rec.birds,sci.bio
Subject: Re: Intelligent Parrots, or Self-deception and Gullibility.
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Date: 18 Mar 88 01:38:03 GMT
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Just two corrections of errors made by a previous poster:

1) Alex, the bird that used to be at Purdue and has since moved
   west is an african gray parrot--and not a macaw.

2) Macaws, parrots, conures, and all other hookbills have color vision.

I think the poster isn't very familiar with psitticines: nothing wrong with 
that.  What I find unfortunate is that he seems to have a strong set
of preconceptions.