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'"' ' :ift.T:i f.w cirn.it, mimd the place they again alighted near me, looking down OB 



their shu-ht-.-d o.mpanio,,, win, ,,,rl, i,,anif-M M ,,,! ,,f Hvnpatiiy and concern as 

 entirely disarm-d m.-." 



II.. MM irr.i.-efui writ-r n^eds to observe, with that accuracy of detail for wl 



his vrorka are aovaloable, I . ..ui.i n,,t i..u take notice of the remarkable contrast between 



-l.xam in:niii.-r,.f flight. ,, n ,| n.-ir b,,,,.. ,-m ling gait, among the branches. Theyfly 

 v nraeh hk- th,. wild pi*,,,,, i,, ,.!,,.. ,,,,., 1>od ies, ,, wi ,,, ||M|kI| / 



l""d and outmgeoua acraamiiu:. M..I unlike that of the rvd headed woo. 

 flh:1 " is ' s ....... "mes in a din,'. lin,-, hut most usually circuit,,,,,. maUmg a great varfet 



-l-ipmt and easy serpentine m-and-r* an if for pleasure. 



particularh ate. -h-d t,, t |,,. | :ili; ,. .u,, mores. in the hollows of tin- tmnluand 



' ' ' ' ...-..;..... :... i B ...... 



aame hole. Here they <-lin- ,-|,,s,. t,. the aides of HIM tnv. huMin K faM In A, : ,.,,| ,,l*4 



l.y ill,, hill. Th,-y :,[,,,- t,, t... fond of sleep, uu.l ..ft,. ri retire t. their h'..l.-, .lurin- th day, 

 l.n.l.:.l.l> to take a regular .sj,~, ta . They are exin-m.-ly MM -iahl.< with an.l f,.n,| ,,f , . I, other] 

 often srnitrl.inn.-u.lH.th.-r-s h.-a.|s :m.l n.vks. !in ,| always at ni>jht n.-.iiiu ff asrloseas poaBil>l.< 

 to each otli.-r. pn-f.-iiim; at that tim,> a i.r]H-n,li.-iilar ]H,Mti,,u. MiiiiKirt.Nl hv th.-ir hill and 

 elawa." 



Th- ^.M.-ral color of this hinl is K ,,-,-n. :i s| l( .,l uitl, hi,,,.. Hll ,| ,li ve rnifil with <.tl..-r tints 

 as follows: The forehead an. 1 < h--ks are rwliiish-omnge, the same tint is seen on th- .sluxi liters 

 and hwid and wini^. and th- n-k and hark of the head an- pun- p.ld-n-y-llow. Th- uppar 

 parts of th- Ixnly .,i,. .,,fi m n. and th- iind-r jH)rti..n> an- of th- sam- hn-. hut with a 

 \-llowNh OMt Th- ^rn-at-r win u .ri\,-rta are y.-llow. tin^-d with Kn^ii. th- primary f-ath-n. 

 of th- wiiii:ar-.l--p purj.lish hlark. and th- h,n w wedge-sha{M-<l tail has th- r-ntrll fmtben 

 streaked with hlu- ahmu th-ir c-ntnil lin-. Th- f-mal- isrolor-.! aft-r th- s.-,m- fasi.ion, but 

 not >o hiii^htly. and th- y.)iin of l>oth sexes are green on th- n<--k int-a<l of y-llow. The 



I I- !!_'! h <>f this species is about twenty-one inches. 



Th- Carolina Parrot (Conttru* carol in> /M/.VI was once a v-ry onnnon sj^^iiw in th- Tinted 

 BaUBB east ol thf Kork) M .: ::i,v i.. i, i,!,. ..;;., , ,,_: t)u< Mississippi \ .,];, x !,, 0M <-i.-.-it 

 Lakes. They are now quite restricted. Like too many oth-r instances, this hinl has a specific 

 name of no sujfiiifican.--. Th- hinl is. arconlin^ to Dr. Ck>ues, "scan--ly entitled to a place in 

 the fauna of South Carolina." 



As this Parrot is mnfined to such cin-ums. -rihed areas, none. N-in found wmth of the 

 I'nit.vl States, and in view of the already decreased numbers, it would seem almost inevitable 

 that the species will become at no distant day extinct. 



The habits of this bird are singular as compared with others of its race. We are accus- 

 tomed to seeing all' of this race of birds confined within tropical limits. Here we have a 

 Parrot living the year through, west of the Alleghanies, in a cold diinat- ; and Barton writes 

 that a v-ry large flock of them was seen northwest of Albany. N. Y., in the year 1790. 

 Wilson saw a flock, in the month of February, on the banks of th- Ohio, in a snow-storm, flying 

 about and uttering their peculiar cry. Wilson states that these birds breed in hollow trees. 



THE LORIES. 



IN the Lories the bill is weaker than in the preceding species, and of smaller sixe, and the 

 plumage is very beautiful, scarlet beiui: th- pn-dotmnating tint. 



The PAIM-AX Loitr is, as its name denotes, a native of Papua and other parts of New 

 (iiiin.-.i. and has always attracted great attention on account of its beautiful form and 

 coloring. In its general shape it is not unlik- the ring Parrakeet, the contour of the body 

 being very similar and th- tail holdly graduated, with the two central feathers projecting far 

 id tli- rest. This elongated form of th- tail feathers is so unusual in the Lories, which 

 mostly have rather short and stumpy tails, that it has induced systematic naturalists to place 

 the bird in a genus distinct from th- other Lories. Many specimens of this lovely bird have 



