3'JG BIRDS OF ILLINOIS. 



Ordki! PSITTACI.— Tiie PAunoTS, etc. 



C'liAH. mil ilci'ii anil Hti'oiik'b I kill. iIh- ii|i|iiT niamlibli- nirtviililo. an woll ax tho 



lowiT. mill fiiriilslu'd nt Imsi' vvllli ii illRtiiu't core, or vlav llie laltrr ileiiRely ooveri'd with 

 Hliorl feailiLTs: fci-t zyiioilai'tyK'. 



■ Family PSITTACID^.— Tp Parrots. 



"C'hah. Bill cri'atly lionknl: tlw niaxiilu iiinvalilvainl with oiti' at thi' l)asi'. NoHtrlls 

 In tlir basi- iif Ihi' Iiill . Fi-ct Ki'anKiiriul. roverfd wlUi eraniilati'd «i'alus." {Ilitt. A', .1 th. 11.) 



Genus CONURUS Kuhl. 



Coiinnis Kuhl. Consp. Psittao. 18211. 4. Typo J'giltacua carotinenais Linn. 



■'Oen. Char. Tail lunK. ounioal. ami pointod; hill stout: cbcoks foHlhorod. hut in 

 ftomo sporlos loavint; a aaki'il riiit; rotnul tho oyi-'S: oori.' foatluTod to tho baso of tho hill. 



"The precediug (liagnosis, though not very full, will seiTe to in- 

 dicate the essential characteristics of the genus among the Middle 

 American forms with long pointed tails, the most promment feature 

 consisting in the densely feathered, not naked, checks. But one 

 species belongs to the United States, though three others are found 

 in Mejuco, and many more in South and Central America. A few 

 species occur in the West Indies." {Hist. X. Am. B.) 



Conurus carolinensis (Linu.) 



CAROLINA PAROQUET. 

 Popular synonym. Illinois rarmiuot. 



J'^illiirii.i laroHiiennis LiNN. S. N. ed. 1:!. i, ITflfi, 141.— Wns. Am. Urn. iil. Isll. 89, pi. 21. 

 ng. 1.— NUTT. Man. l.lSSa.S^i.— AuD. Orn. Bloc. v. lift;. W.. pi. 2ii. 

 Coniinis carolini'u.ii.i Less. 1S!1,— Baihd.B. N. Am. 1858. (>"; Cat. X. Am. B. ISfiii.No. C3. 

 -COUES, Key, 1872. 1'.I9: Chook List. 1874. No. »15: 2d ed. 18S2. No. 460; B. N. \V. 1874, 

 29li.-B. B. .& R. Hist, N. Am. B. il, 1874.587.pl, 5fi, Hgs, l,2.-RlDOW. Norn. N. Am. B. 

 1881, No. 392. 

 Centurim (error caroliuennin) AUD. Synop, 1839, 189; B. Am. iv. 1842. 386. pi, 278. 



Hab. Now confliied to limited portions of Florida and tho Gulf States, and portions 

 of the lower Mississipi>i Valley, north to Arkansas and Indian Territory— possibly to 

 southern Mississippi and extreme southern purtlon of Illinois. Formerly abundant 

 throuithout the Mississippi Valley, east to the AlleKhanies. north (extreme limits) to the 

 Great Lakes, west to Nebraska and even eastern Colorado. 



Sp. Char. Adull. RIeh grass-trreen. varyinc to enn^rald in some lights, the lower 

 parts lighter and more yellowish green than the upper: tertials, lips of greater coverts, 

 and basal portion of primaries greenish yellow: primaries dark blue at tips. Forehead, lores 

 anil eheeks. rieh orange-rod, or orange-ehrome; rest of head, with upper part of neck, 



