THE CAROLINA PARROT. 
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down and round the neck, a rich and pure yellow ; shoulder 
and bend of the wing, also edged with rich orange red. The 
general colour of the rest of the plumage is a bright yel- 
lowish, silky green, with light blue reflections ; feet a pale 
flesh-colour; bill white, inclining to cream-colour. It is 
found in the Southern and Western States. 
ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES. 
Mr. Wilson gives the following very lively account of the 
captive state of one of these birds : — 
Anxious to try the effects of education on one of those 
which I had procured at Big Bone Lick, and which was 
but slightly wounded in the wing, I fixed up a place for it 
in the stern of my boat, and presented it with some cockle 
burs, which it freely fed on in less than an hour after being 
on board. The intermediate time between eating and 
sleeping was occupied in gnawing the sticks that formed its 
place of confinement, in order to make a practicable breach ; 
which it repeatedly effected. When I abandoned the river, 
and travelled by land, I wrapped it up closely in a silk 
handkerchief, tying it tightly around, and carried it in my 
pocket. 
When I stopped for refreshment, I unbound my prisoner, 
and gave it its allowance, which it generally despatched 
with great dexterity, unhusking the seeds from the bur in 
a twinkling ; in doing which, it always employed its left 
foot to hold the bur, as did several others that I kept for 
