CAROLINA PAROQUET. 



CAROLINA PARROT. PARAKEET. 

 CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. 



Char. Head and neck yellow ; forehead and sides of head orange 

 red ; body and tail green, the belly tinged with yellow; wings green and 

 yellow, the edges tinged with orange red. In inunature s])ecimens the 

 yellow of head and neck is replaced by green. Length about 13 inches. 



Nest. In dense woods or cypress swamp ; placed on a fork near the 

 end of a branch or in a hole in a tree. When on a branch it is made of 

 cypress twigs loosely woven, and a nest in a hole is usually lined with 

 cypress twigs. When abundant the birds generally build in large colonies. 



Eggs. 2-5 (?) ; greenish white or creamy; 1.40 X 1.05. 



Of more than 200 species now known to belong to this 

 remarkable and brilliant genus, the present is the only one 

 found inhabiting the United States ; it is also restricted to the 

 warmer parts, rarely venturing beyond the State of Virginia. 

 West of the Alleghanies, however, circumstances induce these 

 birds commonly to visit much higher latitudes ; so that, fol- 



