'i^Si CAROLINA P A R R O T,. 



T. PARR O T. Geti. Birds V. 



isSi Carolina* P^rokeeto, Eaiv/on, 142, — Latham, i. 227. — Lev. Mus.- 



Fairot of Caro/i»a, Cate/iy,i. 11. — Du. Pratx,i\. %%. 

 Pfittacus Carolinenfis, bin, Syfti 141. — Bri£hn,'vi, 350., 

 La Perruche a tete jaune, De Buffon, vi. 274. 

 Le Papegai a tete aurorej De Bvffan, vi. 247^ 



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With the forelieadj. ridge of the wings, and' feathers round- 

 • the knees, orange : head and neck yellow : back, body, and 

 coverts of wings and tail, green : primaries dufky, mixed with blue 

 and green ; the upper exterior fides edged with yellow : tail very 

 long and cuneiform : legs-white. Length thirteen inches. Weight 

 three ounces and a half. 

 f^h^t'^- Inhabits the fouthern parts: oi North America, but never appears 



higher than Virginia. It is in general a migratory bird, even in Ca- 

 rolina ; ■ arriving at the feafon when mulberries are ripe, which they 

 are very Fond of, and which are the earliefk fruits of the country, ex- 

 cept ffrawberries. They infeft, in autumn, the apple-orchards in vafi: 

 fiociks, and make great havocic- by fplitting the fruit for the fake of • 

 the kernels only, being very greedy of themy and the feeds of cyprefsj - 

 and other trees. They devour too the buda,of the birch. 



Few of thefe tender birds continue in Carolina during the^ whole 

 year. They breed in hollow trees, in low fwampy grounds. When- 

 taken, they eafily grow tame, but do not fpeak. Their inteftines are. 

 faid to be a fpeedy poifon to Cats. 

 ft„^^ The eggs of Parrots are roundifh, and generally of a pure whiter 



thofe of the Maccaws fpotted, like the eggs of a Partridge. The 

 nvimber-:ufually twoj.yet the Count He Buffon. °\Ht% an inftance of a, 



Perroquetj 



