. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. n^ CAROLINA PARROT. wings, dark dusky olive; primaries and greater coverts, edged End tipt with pale yellow; second row of coverts, wholly yellow; lesser, olive; tail, deep brownish black, lighter on the edges; the three exterior feathers, broadly spotted with white. The female is destitute of the black mark under the eye ; has a few slight touches of blackish along the sides of the neck ; and some faint shades of brownish re
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. n^ CAROLINA PARROT. wings, dark dusky olive; primaries and greater coverts, edged End tipt with pale yellow; second row of coverts, wholly yellow; lesser, olive; tail, deep brownish black, lighter on the edges; the three exterior feathers, broadly spotted with white. The female is destitute of the black mark under the eye ; has a few slight touches of blackish along the sides of the neck ; and some faint shades of brownish red on the back. The nest of this species is of very neat and delicate work- manship, being pensile, and generally hung on the fork of a low bush or thicket; it is formed outwardly of green moss, intermixed with rotten bits of wood and caterpillars' silk; the inside is lined with extremely fine fibres of grape-vine bark; and the whole would scarcely weigh a quarter of an ounce. The eggs are white, with a few browa spots at the great end. These birds are migratory, departing for the south in October. CAROLINA PARROT. (Psittacus CaroUnensis.) PLATE XXVI.—Fio. 1. Unn. Sytt. Ul.—Gatesh. i. l\.—Lath. i. 227.—^rc«. Zool. 242. No. 132. Ibid. 133.—Peace's Mtueum, No. 762. CONURUS CAROLINENSIS.—Kvnu* CoDunis Carolinensis, Kuhl, conap. psitt. N&o. act. Ceas. Leop. torn. x. p. 4. 23.— Psittacus Carolinensis, Bonap, Bynop. p. 41. Of one hundred and sixty-eight kinds of parrots enumerated by European writers as inhabiting the various regions of the * In all countries parrots have been favourites, arising from their playful and docile manners in domestication, the beauty of their plum- age, and the nearly solitary example of imitating with comparative accuracy the voice and articulation of man. In ancient times, the extravagance with which these birds were sought after, either as objects of amusement and recreation, or as luxuries for the table, surpasses, if. Please note th
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