. Birds of New York . Distribution. The little burrowingowl is purely an accidental visitant inNew York. There is only one record ofits occurrence, a specimen taken in NewYork City, and reported in Forest &Stream 5, 4, August 12, 1875. It hadwandered far from its home, for thespecies inhabits the Western Statesfrom British Columbia and Manitobasouth to Louisiana and Panama. Itlives mostly in the burrows of Prairie dogs and other rodents, but thesubspecies which lives in southern Florida is said to excavate its ownnesting holes. m^t/f^lBI^ Burrowing owl. Speotyto cunicularia hypo-gaea (Bonapart
. Birds of New York . Distribution. The little burrowingowl is purely an accidental visitant inNew York. There is only one record ofits occurrence, a specimen taken in NewYork City, and reported in Forest &Stream 5, 4, August 12, 1875. It hadwandered far from its home, for thespecies inhabits the Western Statesfrom British Columbia and Manitobasouth to Louisiana and Panama. Itlives mostly in the burrows of Prairie dogs and other rodents, but thesubspecies which lives in southern Florida is said to excavate its ownnesting holes. m^t/f^lBI^ Burrowing owl. Speotyto cunicularia hypo-gaea (Bonaparte). From specimen in Am. Mus. , i nat. size BIRDS OF NEW YORK 129. Carolina paroquet. Conuropsis carolinensis (Linnaeus). From Audubon, Birds of AmericaOrder PSIXXACI Parrots, Macaws, Paroquets carolinensis (Linnaeus)Carolina ParoquetPsittacus carolinensis Linnaeus. Syst. Nat. Ed. 10. 1758. 1:97Caprimulgus carolinensis DeKay. Zool. N. Y. 1844. pt 2, p. 33. ExtralimitalConuropsis carolinensis. A. 0. U. Check List. Ed. 3. 1910. p. 179. No. 382conuropsis, Gr., xuvoq, cone, oupa, tail, oiIjc?, appearance; carolinensis, of Carolina9 130 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM Description. Tail long and wedge-shaped, the feathers tapering;face more completely feathered than in most parrots; bill very stout andbroadly rounded; tarsi very short; wings pointed. Color green; headand neck yellow; face orange red; bill whitish. Length ; extent 21-23; wing 7-8; tail 6-7. Distribution. The Carolina paroquet formerly inhabited the easternUnited States from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico, westward toeastern Colorado and Texas. Now it is restricted to a
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