PARROTS. 



THE CAROLINA PARROT. 



rSITTACUS CAROLINEXSIS WILSON. 



PLATE 1. 



Although the plumage of this bird is not so much 

 diversified in colour as many others of the extensive 

 group to which it belongs, it is nevertheless one of 

 the most beautiful and elegant of Parrots. The 

 green suit with which it is invested, is subject to an 

 ever varying play of colour ; and the different tints 

 which are diffused over its feathers, form the most 

 agreeable and harmonious combinations. 



Our description of this species is taken from the 

 beautiful and interesting account of Wilson, inter- 

 laced with additional information from the graphic 

 pen of Audubon. 



" The Carolina, or Illinois Parrot," says Wilson, " for 

 it has been described under both these appellations, 

 is thirteen inches long, and twenty-one in extent ; 

 forehead and cheeks, orange red ; beyond this, for 

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