CAROLINA PARROT. 



(Pslttacus carolinensis, L. WiLso.v, iii. p. 89. pi. 26. iio-. 1. Au- 

 DUBOX, pi. 25. p. 135, Phil. Museum, No. 762.) 



Sp. Charact. — Green; head and neck yellow; forehead and 

 cheeks orange ; tail elongated. — The young without the yellow 

 color. 



Of more than 200 species now known to belong to 

 this remarkable and brilliant genus, the present is the 

 only one found inhabiting the United States ; it is also 

 restricted to the warmer parts, rarely venturing beyond 

 the state of Virginia. West of the Alleghanies, however 

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