PAROQUETS AND PARROTS. Order XIII. PSITTACI 
Family PSITTACIDAE 
382. Carolina Paroquet. 
Conuropsis carolinensis. 
Range. — Now rare in Florida and along the 
Gulf coast to Indian Territory. As late as 1885, 
the Carolina Paroquets were abundant in the 
South Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing to 
their wanton destruction by man, they have 
been exterminated in the greater portion of 
their range, and now are rarely seen in any 
locality, and then only in the most unhabitable 
swamps and thickets. A reliable account of 
their nesting habits is lacking, as are also spe- 
cimens of their eggs 
taken from wild birds. 
They are said to build 
rude nests of sticks 
upon horizontal bran- 
ches of cypress trees, 
and to nest in colo- 
nies; it is also claim- 
ed that they nest in 
hollow trees, laying 
from three to five pure 
white eggs. The one 
figured is one of three White Carolina Paroquet 
laid in confinement at Washington, D. C., by a 
pair of birds owned by Mr. Robert Ridgeway. It is 1.31 x 1.06 and was laid 
July 12, 1892. This set is in the collection of Mr. John Lewis Childs. 
382.1. Thick-billed Parrot. Rhynchopsitta 
pachyrhyncha. 
Range. — Mexico, north casually to the Mexican border of the United States. 
This large Parrot (16 inches long) has a heavy black bill, and the plumage is 
entirely green except for the deep red forehead, strips over the eye, shoulder, 
and thighs, and the yellowish under wing coverts. Their eggs are white and 
are laid in natural cavities in large trees in forests. 
CUCKOOS, TROGANS, KINGFISHERS, ETC. Order XIV. 
CUCKOOS, ANIS, ETC. Family CUCULIDAE 
[383.] Ani. Crotophaga ani. 
Range.— Northeastern South America and the West Indies; casual in Florida, 
and along the Gulf coast; accidental in Pennsylvania. 
This species is similar to the next, but the bill is smoother and without 
grooves.. Its nesting habits are the same as those of the more common Ameri- 
can species. 
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