CAROLINA PARROT. 
( Fsittacus carolinensis , L, Wilson, iii. p. 89. pi. 26. fig. 1. Au- 
dubon, pi. 26. p. 135. Phil. Museum, No. 762.) 
Sp. Charact. — Green; head and neck yellow; forehead and 
cheeks orange ; tail elongated. — The young without the yellow 
color. 
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. West of the Alleghanies, however, 
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