. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . he Carolina Parrot inhabits the interior of Louisiana, Iand the shores of the Mississippi and Ohio, east of theAlleghanies. Their private places of resort are low richalluvial bottoms along the borders of creeks; deep andalmost impenetrable swamps filled with sycamore and cy-press trees, and those singular salines or licks so inter-spersed over the western country. Here too is a greatabundance of their favourite food. The seeds of
. A Book of ornithology, for youth. Embracing descriptions of the most interesting and remarkable birds in all countries, with particular notices of American birds . he Carolina Parrot inhabits the interior of Louisiana, Iand the shores of the Mississippi and Ohio, east of theAlleghanies. Their private places of resort are low richalluvial bottoms along the borders of creeks; deep andalmost impenetrable swamps filled with sycamore and cy-press trees, and those singular salines or licks so inter-spersed over the western country. Here too is a greatabundance of their favourite food. The seeds of the cy-press tree and beech nuts are eagerly sought after bythem. The flight of these birds is easy and elegant, mostusually circuitous, but sometimes in a direct line. Theyfly with great rapidity, in close compact bodies, like theWild Pigeons, and making a loud and outrageous scream-ing. They generally roost in parties of thirty or forty, in CAROLINA PARROT. 177 the hollow trunks of old sycamores ; clinging fast to thesides of the tree, holding by their claws and bills. Theyappear to be fond of sleep, and are extremely social andfriendly towards each At Big Bone Lick/ says Mr. Wilson, ° thirty milesabove the mouth of Kentucky river, I saw them in greatnumbers. They came screaming through the woods inthe morning about an hour after sunrise, to drink the saltwater, of which they, as well as the pigeons, are remarka-bly fond. When they alighted on the ground, it appeared 178 THE ENGLISH NUTHATCH. at a distance as if covered with a carpet of the richestgreen, orange and yellow; they afterwards settled, in one jbody, on a neighbouring tree, which stood detached from pany other, covering almost every twig of it, and the sun,shining strongly on their gay and glossy plumage, pro-duced a very beautiful and splendid appearance. HereI had an opportunity of observing some very peculiartraits of their character: having shot down a number,some of which were only wounded, the whole
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