Carolina Parakeet, (painting).

Carolina Parakeet, (painting).

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851, painter.

Carolina Parakeet, (painting).

Carolina Paroquet, (painting).

Watercolor, gouache, pastel, crayon, and graphite on paper.

29 3/4 x 21 1/4 in. (cm. 75.6 x 54.0)

(Lower right, in pencil:) No. 6/Plate 26- (Lower left center, in pencil:) Carolina Parrot - Psitacus Carolinensis (Lower center, in pencil:) Males 1. F. 2. Young 3. (Lower right center, in pencil:) Plant Vulgo Cockle burr - The upper Specimen was shot near Bayou Sarah and appeared so uncommon having 14 Tailfeathers all 7 sizes distinct and firmly affixed in 14 different receptacles that I drew it more to verify one of those astonishing fits of nature than any thing else - it was a femalte. The Green Headed (a young bird) is also a singular although not so uncommon Variety as the above one - Louisiana - December - J. J. Audubon signed

Seven Carolina parakeets (Conuropais carolinensis) eating seeds of the Cocklebur.

Animal -- Bird -- Parrot

Landscape -- Plant -- Cocklebur

New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, New York 10024 Accession Number: 1863.17.26

Purchased 1863.

Havell plate #26.

Inventory staff, 2005.

"Audubon, watercolors and drawings," Utica, N.Y.: Munson-Williams-Proctor, 1965, no. 55.

"Audubon, watercolors and drawings," Utica, N.Y.: Munson-Williams-Proctor, 1965, pl. 54.

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