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VOLOIE XXSVI.— No. 4. 
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1877. 
NEW SERIE&— No. 363. 
SOME BIRDS OF THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.— Drawn and Bnarared far Mo American AffrimUurlM. 
In complying with our request for a portrait of 
the Carolina Parrot, the artist has added those of 
iome other birds peculiar to the Sovithcm States, 
to keep it company. A description of the Parrot is 
given on page 133. Of the other liirds, the most in- 
teresting for its rarity, is the White-headed Dove, 
the bird at the left of the Parrot. It is about 14 in. 
lone, of a dusky grayish blue, which is lighter be- 
low, and the wings and tail darker ; the crown of 
the head is of a pure white, while the hind-part of 
the neck is beautifully variegated with purplish 
brown, with golden reflections. This exceedingly 
rare bird has thus far been found only on the Flor- 
ida Keys, which it roaches from the AVest ludics. 
The bird at the right is the well-known Mocking 
Bird, which, though found in abundance only at the 
South. r\rcly reaches as far no.-th as Massachu- 
setts, and extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific 
