THE ENGLISH SPARROW AND ITS ALLIES 



We will now pass in brief review the principal Orders of 

 Birds other than Passeres. The Psittaci include the 

 parrots and cockatoos. In the cockatoos the feathers of 

 the head are elevated to form a crest. In the parrots 

 there is no such crest; in one subdivision the tail is long; 

 in a second, very short. The representatives of this 



FIG. 282. Conurus carolinensis, the 

 Carolina paroquet. One-fifth nat. size. 

 After Wilson. 



family are found almost exclusively in the tropics, in 

 Brazil, the Moluccas, and in Australia. In general, these 

 birds have a loud voice, and certain species may be trained 

 to articulate words and combine them into sentences. 

 There is only one parrot native to the United States - 

 the Carolina paroquet (Fig. 282j. This formerly occurred 



