CAROLINA PAROQUET. 
CAROLINA PARROT. PARAKEET. 
CONURUS CAKOLINENSIS. 
Char. Head and neck yellow ; forehead and sides of head orange 
red , body and tail green, the belly tinged with yellow; wings green and* 
yellow, the edges tinged with orange red. In immature specimens the 
yellow of head and neck is replaced by green. Length about 13 inches. 
Nest. In dense woods or cypress swamp ; placed on a fork near the 
end of a branch or in a hole in a tree. When on a branch it is made of 
cyin-ess twigs loosely woven, and a nest in a hole is usually lined with 
cypiess twigs. When abundant the birds generally build in large colonies. 
^SS^- 2-5 (?) ; greenish w'hite or creamy; 1.40 X 1.05. 
Of more than 200 species now known to belong to this 
remarkable and brilliant genus, the present is the only one 
found inhabiting the United States ; it is also restricted to the 
warmer parts, rarely venturing beyond the State of Virginia. 
W est of the Alleghanies, however, circumstances induce these 
birds commonly to visit much higher latitudes ; so that, fol- 
