SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 



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Order PSITTACI. — Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets, etc. 



Family PSITTACID.^. — Parrots and Paroquets. 

 382. Conurus carolinensis {Linn.). — Carolina Paroquet. 



Mouth of Platte river (Coues, Birds of Northwest); not now reaching the 

 state, "Formerly abundant, even in eastern Nebraska, now rare, if found in the 

 state " (Taylor); " Regularly to Ohio, Illinois, and southern Nebraska" (Goss). 



Fig. 30. — Carolina Paroquet. 



Order COCCYGES.— Cuckoos, etc. 

 Family CUCULID-ai.— Cuckoos. 



The cuckoos are among the few birds that habitually feed upon 

 hairy caterpillars, such as the various " tent-making " species. They 

 also destroy large numbers of other caterpillars, and do not object to 

 beetles and other insects which they find among the foliage of trees. 

 Although shy birds they are frequently seen in cities, where they do 

 their share in protecting the trees from the ravages of insect pests. 



