PSITTACIDiE — THE PARROTS. 
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bill, 1.80. Hab. Colorado and Cape St. Lucas region of Southern 
Middle Province of United States. ( The Cape-Flicker.') 
B. Mustache black ; a red nuchal crescent. Throat pinkish, hood ashy. 
3. C. auratus. Shafts, etc., gamboge-yellow ; upper parts olivaceous- 
brown, with narrow bars of black, about half as wide as the brown. 
Rump immaculate ; black terminal zone of under surface of tail 
broad, more than half an inch wide on outer feather. Edges of 
tail-featliers narrowly edged, but not indented, with whitish. 
Outer web of lateral feathers without spots of dusky. Length, 
12.50; wing, 6.10; tail, 4.80 ; bill, 1.58. Hab. Eastern Province 
of North America. {Yellow -shafted Woodpecker , Flicker , Yellow- 
hammer , High-holder.) var. auratus . 
“ Family PSXTT ACIDiE. — The Parrots. ” 
Char. Bill greatly hooked ; the maxilla movable and with a cere at the base. Nostrils 
in the base of the bill. Feet scansorial, covered with granulated scales. Nesting gen- 
erally in hollow trees ; the eggs white. The American subfamilies are distinguished as 
follows, both having the head plain or without crest. 
I. Sittacinee. Tail long, or lengthened, wedge-shaped or graduated. 
II. Psittacinae. Tail short or moderate, straight or rounded. 
JJJJ Subfamily SITTACIN2E. 
Sittace. Culmen flattened. Face naked, except in S. pachyrhyncha. Tail 
as long as or longer than wings. Mexico and Southwest. 
Conurus. Culmen rounded. Face entirely feathered, except a curve around 
the eye. Tail shorter than wings. 
2 Genus CONURUS, Kuhl. ^ 
C. carolinensis. £. Green ; outer webs of primaries yellow at base; edge of wing 
yellow, tinged with red ; tibiae yellow. Bill white ; legs flesh-color. Head and neck all 
round gamboge-yellow ; forehead and sides of head red. 9 differs in absence of yellow 
on head, tibiae, and edge of wing. Young without red. Iris brown. Length, 13.00 ; 
wing, 7.50; tail, 7.10. Hab. Southern and Southwestern States; extending up the 
Mississippi Valley. {Carolina Parrot , Parakeet.) 
