1912 J Wright, Early Records of the Carolina Paroquet. 355 



than the common parrot. They go in flocks, and their notes are 

 rapid, harsh, and incessant. It is remarkable, that this bird is 

 subject to a disease resembhng apoplexy." In Warden's Account 

 (1819), the paroquet is given as an inhabitant of Tennessee, where ^ 

 "Parroquets frequent the salt licks," in Illinois, and in Mississippi 

 where " Parroquets are seen as high as the Bayou Pierre stream of 

 the Mississippi." 



The same year Schoolcraft gives this interesting resume of the 

 species under discussion.^ "The parakeet is a beautiful bird; 

 it is a kind of parrot; its colours are green, yellow, and red, all 

 bright colours, and it is a pleasing sight to see a flock of them 

 suddenly wheel in the atmosphere, and light upon a tree; their 

 gaudy colours are reflected in the sun with a brilliance of the rain- 

 bow: they are a noisy bird, but their notes are disagreeable. This 

 bird is first met with on descending the Ohio about the falls, after 

 which they become plenty, are constantly to be seen on the Ken- 

 tucky or Indiana shore, and add to the delight a traveller feels on 

 descending that beautiful river." In a Journal of a Voyage up 

 the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio to St. Louis, 

 on July 16, he says, " We frequently meet the paroquet on the banks 

 of the river, and have passed several flocks today. This is a kind 

 of parrot, a beautiful bird, which is very common in Louisiana, 

 Missouri, and Kentucky." In the Expedition to the Rockies 

 under Major Stephen Long, they (May 27, 1819) ^ "among other 

 birds. .. .noticed about Shawaneetown (111. on Ohio river), 

 numerous flocks of psittacus carolinensis, . . . .;" in another place 

 (Engineer Cantonment) it is given in the list of birds; "near 

 Louisville, May 25," "Psittacus Carolinensis. .. .seen several 

 times during the winter"; at the Falls of the Canadian river near 

 the mouth of the Great North Fork, Indian Territory, "The 

 paroquet (with others) . . . .filled the woods with life and music"; 

 and finally, Aug. 24 and 25, 1820, between the Canadian and Verdi- 



1 Warden, D. B. The Statistical, Political and Historical Account of the United 

 States of North America; etc. 3 vols. 1819, Vol. II, p. 351, Vol. Ill, pp. 55, 10. 



2 Schoolcraft, H. R. A View of the Lead Mines of Missouri. New York, 1819, 

 pp. 37, 232. 



' James, Edwin. Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky 

 Mountains Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, etc. under the command of 

 Major Stephen H. Long. 2 vols. Phila. 1823. Vol. I, pp.32, 373, 377. Vol. II, 

 pp. 159, 226. 



