. The royal natural history. e are children. Next to the macaws, the best known representatives of thisConures. i p m subfamily are the smaller parrots, termed, from the form of the tail, conures, most of which are included in the genus Coniiriix, although our figured example {C. carolinensif^) is the sole representative of the distinct genus Conuropsis. The conures difler from the true macaws by the lore being ii6 PARROTS. feathered; and they are further characterised by the rather swollen form ofthe beak, which is not in the least degree compressed, while the lower mandibleis broad and not g
. The royal natural history. e are children. Next to the macaws, the best known representatives of thisConures. i p m subfamily are the smaller parrots, termed, from the form of the tail, conures, most of which are included in the genus Coniiriix, although our figured example {C. carolinensif^) is the sole representative of the distinct genus Conuropsis. The conures difler from the true macaws by the lore being ii6 PARROTS. feathered; and they are further characterised by the rather swollen form ofthe beak, which is not in the least degree compressed, while the lower mandibleis broad and not grooved. In the typical conures, or those included in thegenus Conurus, the fourth priina]y feather of the wing is attenuated, andthe nostrils are exposed; whereas in the Carolina conure {Conuroi^sis) thecorresponding feather is not narrowed, and the nostrils are concealed amongthe feathers covering the cere. Various shades of green, yellow, and orangemay be described as the prevalent colours of the conures, although there is. CAROLINA CONURE (i Uat. size frequently more or less blue on the quills of the wings, while there may be red onthe head and breast; the under-parts are, however, never blue. In the Carolinaconure; which measures 12| inches in length, the general colour is green, becomingyellowish on the under-parts; while the forehead and cheeks are orange-red, andthe rest of the head and neck bright yellow. Spots of orange-red with patches ofyellow adorn the shoulders; and the outer webs of the quills are l)luish green,becoming yellow at the base. The true conures, of which there are no lessthan twenty-eight species, range from Mexico, through Central America andthe West Indies, to Bolivia and Paraguay. Formerly, the Carolina conure had CONURES. 117 a more northern range than any other parrot, extending to Iowa, the greatLakes, and New York; but it is now contined to the States bordering tlieGulf of Mexico and the Mississippi Valley, and is very local. At one time theywer
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