Vol. XXIX 

 1912 



J Wright, Early Records of the Carolina Paroquet. Sou 



America ....," he finds that "In the woods and stationary through 

 the winter are . . . .parroquets, . . . . " 



In his "Travels in the Interior of North America," MaximiHan, 

 Prince of Wied, finds in 1833 at Fort Clarke on Missouri (old 

 Lewis and Clarke fort) ^ "There are, likewise many interesting 



species of birds, among which are . . . ., the Carolina parrot, " 



At New Harmony on Wabash (winter 1832-33), he notes " (Psit- 

 tacus Carolinensis) which remain here during the winter. No 

 other kind of parrot seems to bear so great a degree of cold as this. 

 We often saw them flying about in the forests, feeding on the fruit 

 of the plane, when Reaumur's thermometer was at 11° below zero. 

 In the mild climate of the Ohio and Wabash they remain all the 

 year through. They are amusing birds in a cage, and become 

 very tame." When northwest of Harmony at Long Pond, "near 

 a field of maize, in the forest," he writes, " I saw a flock of parrots, 

 of which we often shot many with great ease. They were not shy, 

 and soon re-assembled after our shot had dispersed them. Their 

 manner and note resembled those of the long-tailed paroquet of 

 Brazil. With a shrill cry they flew rapidly from tree to tree, when 

 their beautiful bright green colour was seen to great advantage. 

 Mr. Bodmer has given a very faithful representation of one of 

 these flocks (vide Plate 38, Vol. XXV). They eat the fruit of the 

 planes; and if we did not disturb them, they sat in a row, close 

 together to warm themselves in the faint beams of the January 

 sun. Finally just beyond Weeping-water River (Neb.) he "saw 

 some parrots, which Gardner had already observed," on the same 

 river. 



On a trip on the Mississippi river, Arfwedson twice records them. 

 Above Rodney, Miss., he ^ "landed, with a few fellow-travellers, 

 at one of the firewood stations, with an intention of killing some of 

 the small green parrots, which were flying in thousands about in the 

 wood." Again, just below the mouth of the Arkansas river, "our 

 sportsmen came running in every direction from the wood, carry- 

 ing on their shoulders a variety of birds, among which parrots were 



'Early Western Travels. Edited by R. G. Thwaltes. Vols. XXIII. p. 250. 

 Vol. XXII, p. 168, 169, 194, 195. Vol. XXIV, p. 466, 



2 Arfwedson, C. D. The United States and Canada, in 1832, 1833, and 1843. 

 2 vols. 1834. Vol. II, pp. 96, 101. 



