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PSITTACUS CAROLINKJJSIS. 
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The Carolina, or Illinois parrot, (for it Ijei’ 
described under both these appellations,) is ^"'5 
inches long, and twenty-one in extent ; forehead 
cheeks, orange red ; beyond this, for an inch and a " ; 
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down and round the neck, a rich and pure y« 
shoulder and bend of the wing, also edged with 
orange red. The general colour of the rest ® |j,hl 
plumage is a bright yellowish silky green, with ' 
blue relloctions, lightest and most diluted with ‘a 
below : oreatcr wing-coverts and roots of the pri<d‘*f^ ^ 
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yellow, sli',^htly tinned with ^reen; interior 
the primaries, deep dusky purple, almost black, eX 
uie primaries, ueep uujmvv -- y. 
ones, bluish green ; tail, long, cuneiform, consist!' rj),, 
twelve feathers, the exterior one only half the 
the others increasing to the middle ones, J 
streaked along the middle with light blue; shata j 
all the larger feathers, and of most piirt of the ‘ 
plumage, black ; knees and vent, orange yelloiv ; •.{(, 
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a pale whitish llesh colour j claws, black; h'H, " 
or slightly tinged with pale cream ; iris ot tne 
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hazel; round the eye is a small space without tea' 
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covered with a whitish skin; nostrils placed ' 
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elevated membrane at the base of the bill, and dd'^,ji) 
with feathers ; chin, wholly bare of feathers, but 
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cealed by those descending* on each side; troi^i 
side of the palate hangs a lobe or skin of a 
colour ; tongue, thick and fleshy ; inside of the ui^ 
mandible near the point, grooved exactly like u 
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that it may hold with more securitv. 
The female differs very little in her coloui*® 
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^ XVtilArVlXx x... ■ 'X' X ^ .-WX.XX --- — --X- WW-- 
markings from the male. After examining nutu^ Jjf. 
tliB following annear to be the nrincip** .jt 
specimens, the following appear to be the princip%(|t 
fereuces. The yellow on the neck of the female d"*^" jc* 
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descend quite so far ; the interior vanes of the pr" • 
are browni.sh, instead of Mack, and the orange r 
are prownrsn, iiisie.m xo umuix, anu mu 
the bend and edges of the wing is considerably (.ato 
in other respects, the colours and markings are 
the same. cm V „C 1,0.1. 
The young birds of the preceding year, of ^ 
are generally destitute of the yellow on the 
