PARROTS 301 



head, sides of head, and inner webs of tail 

 feathers, orange, fig. 236. Young, with 

 head and neck green. Flight, very swift 

 and direct, with rapid wing-beats. Cries, 

 harsh and loud. Nests in communities. 

 Former range, throughout the Gulf and 



Fig. 236 



Florida Paroquet. 1-6. 



south Atlantic States. Now nearly extinct, 

 perhaps still found in a small section of Fla. 



315. WESTERN PAROQUET. 



Differs from last in being more blue- 

 green in color. Mississippi Valley south to 

 northern La. Now wholly extinct. 



