CAROLINA PAROQUET. 
CAROLINA PARROT. PARAKEET. 
CONURUS CAROLINENSIS. 
Cuar. 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 immature specimens the 
yellow of head and neck is replaced by green. Length about 13 inches. 
Vest. In dense woods or cypress swamp; placed on a fork near the 
end of a branch or in a hole ina 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. 
Legs. 2-5 (?); greenish white or creamy; I.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- 
