CLASS II. AVES: 
ORDER 3. 
SCAJSTSORES. 
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THE CAROLINA PARROT. 
PARRAKEET MACAW. 
shining strongly on their gay and glossy plumage, produced a very beautiful and splendid appear- 
ance. Here I had an opportunity of observing some very particular traits of their character ; 
having shot down a number, some of which were only wounded, the whole flock swept repeatedly 
around their prostrate companions, and again settled on a low tree, within twenty yards of the 
spot where I stood. At each successive dis- 
charge, though showers of them fell, yet the 
affection of the survivors seemed rather to 
increase ; for after a few circuits around the 
place, they again alighted near mo, looking 
down on their slaughtered companions with 
such manifest symptoms of sympathy and 
concern as entirely disarmed me." This is 
the only species of parrot native of the 
United States ; in captivity it is docile and 
sociable, and soon becomes very familiar. 
Like the other members of the group, it 
deposits its eggs in hollow trees, but is said 
to carry its sociable habits even into the 
business of incubation, several couples usu- 
ally breeding in the same cavity. 
The Long-billed Parrot, Nestor pro- 
ductus of Gould, the genus forming a con- 
necting link between the parrots and cocka- 
toos, is fifteenincheslong; general color deep 
red, with yellow, olive, and brown ; its voice 
harsh, like the barking of a dog; feeds on fruits and leaves; native of Australia and Norfolk Island. 
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THE LONG-BILLED PARROT. 
