i6o Field Museum of Natural History — Zoology, Vol. IX. 



Family PSITTACIDiE. Parrots and 

 Paroquets. 



Toes, four, two in front and two behind (zygodactyle) ; bill, with 

 cere (a skin-like covering over base of mandible). 



General plumage, green; head and neck, yellow, becoming orange 

 on the forehead and cheeks; bend of wing, yellow. Immature birds 

 have but little yellow on the head. Conuropsis carolinensis. 



Carolina Paroquet. 

 See No. 184. 



Once common in Southern States and as far north as Illinois; 

 apparently now restricted to Florida and Indian Territory. 



