CAROLINA PAROQUET. 



CAROLINA PARROT. PARAKEET. 

 CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. 



Char. Head and neck yellow ; forehead and sides of head orange 

 red ; body and tail green, the belly tinged with yellow; wings green and 

 yellow, the edges tinged with orange red. In immature specimens the 

 yellow of head and neck is replaced by green. Length about 13 inches. 



Nest. In dense woods or cypress swamp ; placed on a fork near the 

 end of a branch or in a hole in a tree. When cm a branch it is made of 

 cypress twigs loosely woven, and a nest in a hole is usually lined with 

 cypress twigs. When abundant the birds generally build in large colonies. 



Eggs. 2-5 (?) ; greenish white or creamy; 1.40 X 1.05. 



Of more than 200 species now known to belong to this 

 remarkable and brilliant genus, the present is the only one 

 found inhabiting the United States ; it is also restricted to the 

 warmer parts, rarely venturing beyond the State of Virginia. 

 West of the Alleghanies, however, circumstances induce these 

 birds commonly to visit much higher latitudes ; so that, fol- 



