Wayne: Birds of South Carolina. 85 



Several individuals have been procured in South Carolina, one on James 

 Island, another, now in the Charleston Museum, on Clarkson's plantation, and a 

 fine one was shot at Columbia, the seat of government, from the chimney of one 

 of the largest houses in that town, and was beautifully preserved by Professor 

 [Lewis R.] Gibbes of the Columbia College. 



The Snowy Owl is circumpolar during the breeding season and 

 in North America it has been found breeding, by Gen. A. W. 

 Greely, at Fort Conger (Discovery Harbor), latitude 81° 44' N., 

 where eggs were taken on May 26, 1882, and the young on July 8. 

 On the coast of the New England states, great nights of this owl 

 sometimes occur in the autumn. 



ORDER PSITTACI: PARROTS, MACAWS, 

 PAROQUETS, ETC. 



FAMILY PSITTACID.E: PARROTS AND PAROQUETS. 



156. Conuropsis carolinensis (Linn.). Carolina Paroquet. 



As its name implies, the beautiful Carolina Paroquet was for- 

 merly exceedingly abundant in this state, but it has become ex- 

 tinct within the past fifty years on or near the coast, as well as 

 in the State at large. Burnett, writing in 1851, l states that it 

 was resident in the pine barrens. Coues in his Synopsis says: 2 



This species is given in Prof. Gibbes' list, and appears to have been in former 

 times a common bird; but its occurrence has not been noted of late years. 



There were many mounted specimens of this bird in the Char- 

 leston Museum that were taken near the city, but as they were 

 dust-stained and moth-eaten they were thrown away many years 

 ago. 



I obtained a fine series of this bird during the months of Oc- 

 tober and November, 1892, in the region southeast of Kissimmee, 

 Florida. The birds commence to moult about October 5, and 

 require at least six weeks to acquire their perfect plumage. 



The Carolina Paroquets are to-day very nearly, if not abso- 

 lutely, extinct — even in Florida, which was their last stronghold. 

 This beautiful species formerly ranged as far north as the Great 

 Lakes, Iowa, Nebraska, and west to Colorado, the Indian Terri- 

 tory and Texas, and it was observed near Albany, New York, 

 in January, 1790. 



>Proc. Boat. Soc. Nat. HM., IV, 1851. 116. ' Ibid, XII, 1868, 119. 



