Plate XXVI. Male, Female, and Young.
Fore part of the head and cheeks bright carmine, that colour extending
over and behind the eyes, the rest of the head and neck pure bright
yellow; upper parts emerald-green, with light blue reflections, lower
parts lighter; edge of wing yellow, primary coverts deep bluish-green,
secondary coverts yellowish-green; quills with the inner webs dusky,
the outer yellow at the base, blue toward the end; tail green; tibial
feathers yellow, the lowest bright red. Young with the head green.
_Male_, 14, 22.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana, and up the
Mississippi to Kentucky. Abundant. Resident.
Psittacus carolinensis, Linn. Syst. Nat. v. i. p. 141.
Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis, Wils. Amer. Orn. v.
iii. p. 89.
Psittacus carolinensis, Bonap. Syn. p. 41.
Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis, Nutt. Man. v. i. p.
545.
Carolina Parrot, Psittacus carolinensis, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. i.
p. 135.