Parrots and Paroquets 



382.1. Thick-billed Parrot (Rhynchopsitta pachy- 

 rhyncha). L. 16.5. Ads. Forehead, loral region, 

 stripe over eye, bend of wing and thighs red; greater 

 under wing-coverts yellow; rest of plumage green. 



Range - Central Mexico north rarely to southern Arizona. 



382. Carolina Paroquet (Conurus carolinensis] . L. 

 12.5 Ads. Forehead and cheeks deep orange, rest of 

 head yellow. Yng. Forehead and loral region orange; 

 rest of head green like back; no yellow on bend of 

 wing. Notes. A sharp, rolling kr-r-r-r-r-r. 



Range. Formerly eastern United States, north to Maryland, Great 

 Lakes, and Iowa; west to Colorado, Oklahoma and eastern Texas; 

 now restricted to southern Florida and parts of Indian Territory. 



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