. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXVI. PARROTS AXD PAROQUETS 183 Length, llf ; wing, 5| (5|—5f) ; tail, 6^; culmen, 1. North America from the Rocky Mountains eastward; breeding from the Gulf of Mexico to Labrador, and wintering south of the United States to northern South America. ORDER V. PARROTS, MACAWS, ETC. (PSITTACI) An order of about 500 species of almost exclusively tropical birds, here represented by only one, belonging to: FAMILY XXVI. PARROTS AND PAROQUETS () A l
. Birds of the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, a manual for the identification of species in hand or in the bush;. Birds; Birds. FAM. XXVI. PARROTS AXD PAROQUETS 183 Length, llf ; wing, 5| (5|—5f) ; tail, 6^; culmen, 1. North America from the Rocky Mountains eastward; breeding from the Gulf of Mexico to Labrador, and wintering south of the United States to northern South America. ORDER V. PARROTS, MACAWS, ETC. (PSITTACI) An order of about 500 species of almost exclusively tropical birds, here represented by only one, belonging to: FAMILY XXVI. PARROTS AND PAROQUETS () A large family (400 species) of tropical, gaudily colored, harsh-voiced, hooked and cered-billed birds; having feet with two toes in front and two behind, which they use for walking, climbing, and as hands. Their discordant voices are, in most species, readily trained to utter the words of human speech. They are inhabitants of dense forests. AYhen necessaiy, they fly well. They live upon fruits and seeds. 1. Carolina Paroquet (382. Conurus caroUnensis). — A rare, southern, green paroquet, with a yellow head and neck, and bright orange fore- head and cheeks. The bend of the wing is also orange. The young have the head, neck, and bend of wing also green. This, our only repre- o ,-, Carolina Paroquet sentative ot the par- rots, was formerly found as far north as the Great Lakes, but is becoming every year more rare and local even in Florida, Arkansas, and Indian Territory, the only divisions of the United States where it has recently been found. Length, 12|; wing, 1\ (7-8); tail, Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Apgar, Austin Craig, 1838- [from old catalog]. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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