PAROQUETS AND PARROTS. Order XIII. PSITTACI. 

 Family PSITTACIDAE 



382. Carolina Paroquet. 



Conuropsis carolinensis. 

 Range. — Now rare in Florida and along the 

 Gulf coast to Indian Territory. As late as 1885, 

 the Carolina Paroquets were abundant in the 

 South Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing to 

 their wanton destruction by man, they have 

 been exterminated in the greater portion of 

 their range, and now are rarely seen in any 

 locality, and then only in the most unhabitable 

 swamps and thickets. A reliable account of 

 their nesting habits is lacking, as are also spe- 

 cimens of their eggs 

 taken from wild birds. 

 They are said to build 

 rude nests of sticks 

 upon horizontal bran- 

 ches of cypress trees, 

 and to nest in colo- 

 nies; it is also claim- 

 ed that they nest in 

 hollow trees, laying 

 from three to five pure 

 white eggs. The one 

 figured is one of three 



laid in confinement at Washington, D. C, by a 

 pair of birds owned by Mr. Robert Ridgeway. 

 July 12, 1892. This set is in the collection of Mr. John Lewis Childs. 



White 



382.1. Thick-billed Parrot. Rhynchopsitia 

 pachyrhyncha. 



Range. — Mexico, north casually to the Mexican border of the United States. 

 This large Parrot (16 inches long) has a heavy black bill, and the plumage is 

 entirely green except for the deep red forehead, strips over the eye, shoulder, 

 and thighs, and the yellowish under wing coverts. Their eggs are white and 

 are laid in natural cavities in large trees in forests. 



CUCKOOS, TROGANS, KINGFISHERS, ETC. Order XIV. 

 CUCKOOS, ANTS, ETC. Family CUCULIDAE 



[383.] Ani. Crotophaga ani. 



Range. — Northeastern South America and the West Indies; casual in Florida, 

 and along the Gulf coast; accidental in Pennsylvania. 



This species is similar to the next, but the bill is smoother and without 

 grooves.. Its nesting habits are the same as those of the more common Ameri- 

 can species. 



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