CAROLINA PARROT. 
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^tcd near me, looking: down on tlieir slaughtered 
j PPanions with such manifest symptoms of sympathy 
concern, as entirely disarmed me. I could not but 
j] * notice of the remarkable contrast between their 
jj^llnnt manner of llight, and their lame ci'awling gait 
w,'\ng the branche.s. They fly very much like the 
tar .ingoon, in close compact bodies, and with great 
I, *J![l'ty, making a loud and outrageous screaming, not 
that of the red-headed woodpecker. Their flight 
^!*nietimes in a direct line; but most usually circuitous, 
la '’og a great variety of elegant and easy serpentine 
aj.^’nlcrs, as if for jileasure. They arc particularly 
hi '**'1 to the large sycamores, in the hollow of the 
ti,j 'ts and branches of which they generally roost, 
fc^ty (ir forty, and sometimes more, entering at the 
kole. 1-lere they cling close to the sides of the 
■ ■ ■ ' ’ ' - bills. 
'j?®) holding fast by the claws and also by the 
li^y appeai”to be fond of sleep, and often retire to tbeir 
''oring the day, probably to take their regular 
Cif,. ,j,.p pxtremely sociable with, and fond of 
often scnitchiiig each other’s heads and 
ether, 
to p, ’ “'*<• always, at night, nestling as close as possible 
Pi, .^®k other, preferring, at that time, a perpendicular 
iii|j't*on, supported by their bill and claws. In the 
their favourite cockle burs arc ripe, they 
Sip 5^ along the coast, or high grounds of the Missis- 
tipj* '> *'bovc New Orleans, for a great extent. At such 
I-. ®'*, ti,„„ „„„ and eaten bv many of the 
IHl.'?; they are killed and eaten by many 
iiiiJiJ'tants ; thougli, I confess, 1 think their flesu very 
"op,, *r®'fl- I have several times dined on it from 
Mtl '’^y> in the woods : but found it merely passable, 
A* ®''l the sauce of a keen appetite to recommend it. 
ip. t[ery general opinion prevails, that the brains and 
{!(,: lilies of the Carolina paroquet arc a sure and fatal 
k) to cats. I had determined, when at Big Bone, 
i’®S6 to the test of experiment; and for that pur- 
®®*i»‘cted the brains and bowels of more than a 
bot t them. But after close search. Mistress Puss was 
“He 1 found, being engaged perhaps on more agree- 
®usiacss. I left the medicine with Mr Colquhoun’s 
