| Family 1. | PARROTS and PAROQUETS. | Psittacidæ. | 2 species. |
Parrots are found throughout the warmer parts of the earth. About one hundred and fifty of the some five hundred known species inhabit America. The Carolina Paroquet, practically the only member of this family found in the United States, since the Thick-billed Parrot barely reaches our border in Arizona, was once an abundant bird in the Southern States, but it is now restricted to a few localities in Florida and possibly Indian Territory.
Order XIV. CUCKOOS, TROGONS, KINGFISHERS, Etc.
COCCYGES.
| Family 1. | CUCKOOS, ANIS, etc. | Cuculidæ. | 5 species 2 subspecies. |
| Family 2. | TROGONS. | Trogonidæ. | 1 species. |
| Family 3. | KINGFISHERS. | Alcedinidæ. | 2 species. |
The Cuckoos are a group of world-wide distribution, but are more numerous in the eastern than in the western hemisphere where only thirty-five of the some one hundred and seventy-five species are found. The habit of the European Cuckoo in placing its eggs in the nest of other birds is well known. The American species, however, build nests of their own though it is true they are far from well made structures. With the Anis one nest serves for several females who may deposit as many as thirty eggs, incubation and the care of the young being subsequently shared by the members of this singular family.
Trogons are found in the tropics of both the Old and New Worlds. They are quiet, sedentary birds inhabiting forests and feeding largely on fruit. So far as is known they nest in hollow trees.
Only eight of the one hundred and eighty or more known Kingfishers are found in America, the remaining species being confined to the Old World where they are most numerous in the Malay Archipelago.
Parrots and Paroquets