376 CAROLINA PARROT. 



wings, dark dusky olive ; primaries and greater coverts, edged 

 and tipt with pale yellow ; second row of coverts, wholly 

 yellow ; lesser, olive ; tail, deep brownish black, lighter on 

 the edges ; the three exterior feathers, broadly spotted with 

 white. 



The female is destitute of the black mark under the eye ; 

 has a few slight touches of blackish along the sides of the 

 neck ; and some faint shades of brownish red on the back. 



The nest of this species is of very neat and delicate work- 

 manship, being pensile, and generally hung on the fork of a 

 low bush or thicket ; it is formed outwardly of green moss, 

 intermixed with rotten bits of wood and caterpillars' silk ; 

 the inside is lined with extremely fine fibres of grape-vine 

 bark ; and the whole would scarcely weigh a quarter of an 

 ounce. The eggs are white, with a few brown spots at the 

 great end. These birds are migratory, departing for the 

 south in October. 



CAROLINA PARROT. {Psittacus Caroiinensis.) 



PLATE XXVI.— Fig. 1. 



Linn. Syst. 141.— Catesb. L 11.— Lath. i. 227.— Arct. Zool. 242. No. 132. 

 Ibid. 133. — Peales Museum, No. 762. 



GONURUS CABOLINEJYSIS.—Kvul.* 



Conurus Caroiinensis, Kuhl. consp. psitt. Nov. act. Ceas. Leop. torn. x. p. 4. 23. — 

 Psittacus Caroiinensis, Bonap. Synop. p. 41. 



Of one hundred and sixty-eight kinds of parrots enumerated 

 by European writers as inhabiting the various regions of the 



* In all countries parrots have been favourites, arising from their 

 playful and docile manners in domestication, the beauty of their plum- 

 age, and the nearly solitary example of imitating -with comparative 

 accuracy the voice and articulation of man. In ancient times, the 

 extravagance with which these birds were sought after, either as objects 

 of amusement and recreation, or as luxuries for the table, surpasses, if 



