At Urbino, a birdcage containing two parrots or parakeets (the term papagallo encompasses both) is found on the left-facing door leading to the duke's bedchambers, evocatively twinned with the mechanical clock found on the adjacent, right-facing door. From Wordnik.com. [Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro] Reference
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