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Family PSITTACID^. Parrots and 

 Paroquets. 



Toes, four, two in front and two behind (zygodactyle) ; bill, with 

 cere (a skin-like covering over base of mandible). 



General plumage, green ; head and neck, yellow, becoming orange 

 on the forehead and cheeks; bend of wing, yellow. Immature birds 

 have but little yellow on the head. Conuropsis carolinensis . 



Carolina Paroquet. 

 See No. 184. 



Once common in Southern States and as far north as Illinois; 

 apparently now restricted to Florida and Indian Territory. 



