300 



PARROTS 



bands on tail and beneath, white, broad 

 band on abdomen and finer elsewhere, black; 

 feet, yellow. Resident in Fla., Tex., Ariz, 

 south to northern S. A. Flight, direct by 

 alternate flippings and sailings and will 

 sometimes circle in air like Vultures. Chiefly 

 terrestrial, feeding much upon dead animals, 

 fig. 235. 



Fis:. ^•:i5 



Audubon Caracara. 1-8. 



PARROTS, ETC. 

 Birds of varying sizes and colors, with 

 strong hooked beaks. 



314. FLORIDA PAROQUET. 



Medium size, 14; tail, long and pointed, 

 yellow-green; head and neck, j^ellow; fore- 



