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Carolina fgARROT, or «|onure. 



Psittacus Carolinensis, Russ. 



Synonyms: Gonurus Garolinensis, Gr., Lss., etc.; 



Psittacus luteocapillus, Vll.; Psittacus ludovicianus, Yd.; Aratinga 



ludoviciana, Stph.; Sittace ludoviciana, Wgl.; 



Oenturus Carolinensis, Adb.; Arara Garolinensis, Slb. et Jed. 



German : Der Karolina-Sittich. French : Perruche a tete aurore, BurroN. 



NO Parrot inhabits so high, a northern latitude as the subject of 

 the present notice, whose place in the Psittacidaian family has 

 been a matter of much contention with authors, some of whom rank 

 it with the Macaws, and others with the Conures; and probably no 

 other member of the family, with the exception perhaps of the Grey 

 Parrot and the Budgerigar, has occupied so much of the attention of 

 writers, and can boast of so considerable a literature devoted exclu- 

 sively to itself. 



Audubon and Wilson, among American ornithologists, have filled 

 many pages of their works with descriptions of this well-known and, 

 on the whole, popular bird; while Prince Oh. Buonaparte, "Wagler and 

 Sir William Jardine have by no means failed in paying it attention. 

 Bechstein and Buffon, amongst many others, have given long accounts 

 of this bird in their writings, not to forget the great Linnasus, who 

 calls it Psittacus ludovicianus. 



Jardine says: "In length it averages about fourteen inches; in extent 

 of wings twenty-two inches; while the Rev. J. Wood alleges that "the 

 total length of this species is twenty-one inches " — a very considerable 

 difference; the truth lying as nearly as possible midway between the 

 two extremes. 



The appearance of the Carolina Conure is exceedingly pleasing, the 

 rich emerald green of the upper plumage is relieved by the vividly 

 orange red of the forehead and cheeks, while the rest of the head and 

 neck are gamboge, and on the shoulder spots of orange red are inter- 



