CAROLINA PARROT. 
The only Parrot found native in the 
United States is the Carolina or Illinois 
Parrot, which is resident from the Gulf of 
Mexico to the neighborhood of Lake Michi- 
gan, and on the east of the Alleghanies 
to Maryland. Their favorite food is the 
seeds of the cockle-bur, which grows in 
great abundance along the shores of the 
Mississippi and the Ohio ; where they are 
seen in large flocks, screaming round the 
salt-licks. They are very sociable in 
their dispositions, extremely fond of each 
other, and showing the greatest grief for 
the loss of their companions. The pin- 
