. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . S. Order PSITTACIDAE PSITTACI. 382. Carolina Pahoquet. Conuropsis carol incus —Now rare in Florida and along theGulf coast to Indian Territory. As late as 1885,the Carolina Paroquets were abundant in theSouth Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing totheir wanton destruction by man, they havebeen exterminated in the greater portion oftheir range, and now are rarely seen in anylocality, and then only in the most unhabitableswa
. The bird book : illustrating in natural colors more than seven hundred North American birds; also several hundred photographs of their nests and eggs . S. Order PSITTACIDAE PSITTACI. 382. Carolina Pahoquet. Conuropsis carol incus —Now rare in Florida and along theGulf coast to Indian Territory. As late as 1885,the Carolina Paroquets were abundant in theSouth Atlantic and Gulf States, but owing totheir wanton destruction by man, they havebeen exterminated in the greater portion oftheir range, and now are rarely seen in anylocality, and then only in the most unhabitableswamps and thickets. A reliable account oftheir nesting habits is lacking, as are also spe-cimens of their eggstaken from wild are said to buildrude nests of sticksupon horizontal bran-ches of cypress trees,and to nest in colo-nies; it is also claim-ed that they nest inhollow trees, layingfrom three to five purewhite eggs. The onefigured is one of threelaid in confinement at Washington, D. C, by a pair of birds owned by Mr. Robert Ridgeway. It is and wasJuly 12, 1892. This set is in the collection of Mr. John Lewis Childs. \ White Carolina Paroquet laid Thick-billed Parrot. Rhynchopsittapachyrhyncha. Range.—Mexico, north casually to the Mexican border of the United large Parrot (16 inches long) has a heavy black bill, and tin- plumage Isentirely green except for the deep red forehead, strips over the eye. shoulder,and thighs, and the yellowish under wing coverts. Their eggs are White amiare laid in natural cavities in large trees in forests. CUCKOOS, TROGANS, KINGFISHERS, ETC. Order , ANIS, ETC. Family CUCULIDAE [888.] Am. Crotophaga ani. Range. Northeastern South America ami the Wesl Indies; casual in Florida,and along the Cult coast; accidental in Pennsylvania. This species is similar to the next, hut tin- hill is BmOOther and without grooves., its nesting habits are the same as those of the more common Amerlcan specie
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