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( Chrysotis albifrons ), the Yellow Parrot ( Conurus solstitia- 
lis ), the Brown-throated Parrot ( Conurus csrugiuosus), and 
the White-eared Parrot ( Conurus leucotis). North America 
possesses one species, the Carolina Parrot ( Conurus caroli- 
nensis), which formerly ranged up to North Carolina and Ken¬ 
tucky, but which is now rarely found even in the Gulf States. 
A number of small Parrakeets are also common in South 
America, as the Cayenne Parrakeet ( Brotogerys tuipara ), 
the Yellow-throated Parrakeet (. Brotogerys torn), and the 
Passerine Parrakeet (. Psitiacula passerina ), the latter much 
resembling the Love Birds of Africa. 
The cockatoos are confined to the Australian region. Being 
for the most part large birds of graceful flight, their appear¬ 
ance in large flocks is described as being singularly beautiful. 
The following will be found in this building:— The Slender- 
billed Cockatoo ( Licmetis tenuirostris ), Ducorp’s Cocka¬ 
too ( Cacatua ducorpsi), the Lesser Sulphur-crested Cocka¬ 
too ( Cacatua sulphured ), the Sulphur-crested Cockatoo 
{Cacatua galerita), the Roseate Cockatoo {Cacatua roseica- 
pilla ), Leadbeater’s Cockatoo {Cacatua leadbeaterii), and 
the Rose-crested Cockatoo {Cacatua moluccensis). These 
birds are said to live to a great age,—a specimen of the last- 
named species, on a perch on the west side of the building, 
being supposed to be over eighty years old. 
The Crested Grass Parrakeet ( Calopsitta novce-hollandicz ) 
is a very beautiful bird from Australia, living in hollow trees. 
Unlike most of its order, it breeds with some facility in con¬ 
finement, when afforded proper accommodations. 
The order Columba , comprising the pigeons and doves, and 
which also included the now extinct Dodo {Didus ineptus ), 
is a very extensive group, containing some three hundred spe¬ 
cies, more than one-third of which are natives of the Malayan 
Archipelago, the remainder being distributed over the world. 
A large number of species are indigenous to North America, 
many of which have been exhibited at the Garden ; of these, 
the following are usually on hand :— 
The White-crowned Pigeon {Columba leucocephela ), 
Southern United States and West Indies. 
The Cuban Pigeon {Columba inornata), West Indies. 
The Common Wild Pigeon {Ectopistes migratorius), North 
America. 
