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THE CAROLINA PARROT. 



CAROLINA PARROTS. 



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wings, while the neck and back of the head are 

 of a bright golden yellow. The wing-coverts 

 are yellow tinged with green. The bird is 

 about twenty-one inches long. The female is 

 much like the male. She makes her nest in 

 the hollows of trees. 



The Carolina parrot exhibits great amiability 

 of disposition, and is easily tamed, becoming 

 much attached to those who treat it kindly. 

 It also exhibits the most extraordinary affection 

 for its own race. Wilson the naturalist, having 

 obtained one while on a journey to the Far 

 West, brought it home upwards of one thou- 

 sand miles in his pocket. It quickly learned 

 to know its name, and would immediately come 

 when called. Procuring a cage, he placed the 

 parrot under a piazza, where, by its call, it soon attracted the 

 passing flocks of its relatives. Numerous parties frequently 



