This paper Parrot Puzzle
is marked "C. Carey Cloud" and
is dated "1946", the year it was distributed as a Cracker Jack prize. It
measures approximately 3 3/8" by 2 3/8"overall,
and is printed on card stock paper. The instructions are printed on the
back:
Like Cloud's Cowboy Puzzle
that came before it, the Parrot Puzzle is derivative of Sam Loyd's Trick
Mules. See the Cowboy
Puzzle page for more information about the Trick Mules puzzle
and Cloud's clever use of Loyd's concept, and for an idea of how to solve
this puzzle.