T)TKECTORY TO BIRDS OF EASTERN NORTH AMKIJICA. 169 



Psittaci. 



Birds of varying size, color and form with a strong hooked 

 hill and with two toes in front and two behind. 

 A. LONG-TAILED PARROTS. Psittacidae. 



Tail, long and pointed; cheeks, feathered. 



a. American Paroquets. Coiiurus. 



Medium-sized parrots with long wings, green with bright 

 markings on head. Flight, very swift and dircKit with rapid 

 wing-beats. Cries, harsh and loud. 



1. CAROLINA PAROQUET, C. carolinensis. 13.50; 

 green; head and neck, yellow; forehead, sides of head, and 

 inner webs of most of tail feathers, orange. Young with head 

 and neck greeii more or less spotted with yellow, fig. 207. 

 Formerly ranged throughout middle and southern IT. S. from 

 the Mississippi Valley eastward, now confined to a small sec- 

 tion of middle Fla. Nests in communities; eggs, white. 



Well known birds of varying size, loose, fluffy plumage, 

 large eyes which are directed forward, surrounded by a par- 

 tial or entire disk of ray-like feathers ; bill, strong and liook- 



Fig. 207. Fig. 208. 



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