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CONDROPSIS CAROLINENSIS LUDOVICIANUS (Linnaeus). 



LOUISIANA PAROQUET. 



Similar to G. c. carolinensis, but green of rump and lower hind- 

 neck (sometimes that of wing-coverts also) decidedly less yellowish 

 (more bluish) than that of back, inclining, more or less, to vander- 

 poels or cendre green, sometimes, though rarely, to turquoise green; 

 green of under parts averaging less yellowish; greater wing-coverts, 

 proximal secondaries, and basal portion of outer webs of primaries 

 more pronouncedly and more extensively yellowish, contrasting more 

 strongly with the general green color; size averaging decidedly 

 greater. 



Adult male.— Length (skins), 317-330 (322);° wing, 184-203.5 

 (192.2); tail, 138.5-167 (156.5); culmen, 23.5-26 (25.1); tarsus, 

 15.5-18 (16.7); outer anterior toe, 21-23 (22.2). » 



Adult female.— -Length (skins), 305 ; c wing, 183-194.5 (185.7);<* e 

 tail, 136.5-157 (149.5) ; d culmen, 23.5-25 (24.3) ; e tarsus, 15.5-18 

 (16.4) ; 6 outer anterior toe, 21-22.5 (21.8). e 



Formerly inhabiting the entire Mississippi Valley (except open 

 prairies and plains), from West Virginia to eastern Colorado, north 

 to southern shores of Lake Erie and Lake Michigan, south to the 

 Gulf coast. Now totally extirpated over much the greater- part 

 (perhaps the whole) of its former range, and if still existing to be 

 found only in small numbers in very restricted areas in bottom 

 lands of southwestern Arkansas or northwestern Louisiana. 



Definite records are as follows: 



West Virginia: Great Kanawha Eiver (in early part of 19th cen- 

 tury). Ohio: South shore of Lake Erie (in 1807); mouth of Big 

 Beaver Creek, 30 miles below Pittsburg (in 1808); vicinity of Cin- 

 cinnati (up to 1832); mouths of Big Miami, Little Miami, and Little 

 Scioto rivers (up to 1830 or later); near Columbus (up to 1862(?)). 

 Kentucky: Big Bone Lick; between Louisville and Shippenport (up 

 to 1851); Fulton County (up to 1878). Indiana: Franklin County 

 (up to 1828); Posey County (abundant in 1836); White-water Kiver 

 (up to 1856) ; White Kiver, 20 miles from Indianapolis (breeding in 

 1832); French Lick Springs (up to 1823); Vincennes (1816); Patoka 

 Kiver (1817); Terre Haute (1821). Illinois: Near Chicago (1821); 

 mouth of Illinois River (1821); Hennepin County (1835); Edwards 

 County (1822); Shawneetown (1826); Cairo; Wabash County (up to 



Three specimens only. 



» Fourteen specimens, including three not sexed, but of maximum dimensions 

 and almost certainly males. 

 c One specimen only. 

 d Five specimens only. 

 e Ten specimens. 



