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CAROLINE PARROT. 



Psittacus Carolinensis. P. macr. mridis, capite coUoque luteis. 

 Green Parrakeet, with orange-yellow head and neck. 

 Psittacus Carolinensis. Lin, Syst, Nat, 

 Caroline Parrot. Lath, syn, Catesb. Car. l.pl, 11. 



The size of this species is similar to that of the 

 Sincialo Parrakeet, and its length about thirteen 

 inches : forehead, side of the wings, and feathers 

 round the knees orange : head and neck yellow : 

 larger quill-feathers dusky, mixed with blue and 

 green ; the upper exterior sides edged with yellow: 

 tail very long; bill and legs white. Native of 

 Guiana and other parts of South America, migrat- 

 ing in autumn into various parts of North America, 

 particularly Carolina and Virginia; arriving at the 

 season when mulberries are ripe, which it is very 

 fond of. It also commits great havoc among the 

 apples, splitting the fruit, according to Catesby, 

 merely for the sake of the kernels. It also feeds 

 on the seeds of the Cypress and other trees, as well 

 as on the buds of the birch, &c. Very few of these 

 birds remain in Carolina during the whole year. 

 They breed in hollow trees, in low swampy grounds/ 

 and when taken are easily tamed, but cannot be 

 taught to speak. 



As a proof how common this species is in Caro- 

 lina and Virginia, Monsr. Levaillant assures us 

 that he has seen a packet of above six thousand 



