Sentence:  Mrs. Merdle was at home, and was in her nest of crimson and gold, with the <WSD>parrot</WSD> on a neighbouring stem watching her with his head on one side, as if he took her for another splendid <WSD>parrot</WSD> of a larger species. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A kind of bird, many species of which are colourful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.