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of associating in largfe flocks, must, it would seem, have made it known 

 to the Mound-Buiklers. Indeed from the ease with which it is trapped 

 and killed, it very probably formed an article of food among them as it 

 has among the whites and recent tribes of Indians. Probable, however, 

 as it is that the Mound-Builders were well acquainted with the paro- 

 quet, there appears to be no evidence of the fact among their works of 

 art. 



