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IHE CAROLINA PARROT. 



the magj)io, but tho beak alone is nearly as big as the rort 

 of the^ body ; the head is large and strong, and the neck 

 short, in order the more easily to support the bulk of Ruch 

 a beak. The head, neck, and wings are black; the breast 

 shines with a most lovely saffron colour, with a certain red- 

 ness near the beginning; the lower part of the body and 

 the thighs are of a most beautiful vermilion ; the tail is 

 black, but of a bright red at the end. 



One of these birds tliat was kept in a cage was very fond 

 of fruit, which it held for a^me time in its beak, touching 

 it with great delight with the tip of its feathery tongue, and 

 then tossing them into its throat by a sudden upright jerk 

 it also fed on birds and other small animals. 



CAROLINA PARROT. (P^ittcums Oaroluvemis.) 



Of one hundred and sixty-eight kinds of Parrots (says 

 Wilson) enumerated by writers as inhabiting the various 

 regions of the globe, this is the only species found native 

 within the territory of the United States. Our engraving 

 shows that this bird has a far more elegant form than the 

 imported parrots which we see in cages. It is thirteen 

 inches long and twenty-one in extent; its forehead and 

 pheeks are orange red; beyond this, for an inch and a half 



