parrakeet
Britishnoun
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Maryland: Sandhill crane, parrakeet, passenger pigeon; bison, elk, beaver, gray wolf, puma, porcupine.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
This picture represents a cockatoo, one of the parrot tribe, of which there are at least 250 species, including, besides this, the parrot, macaw, lory, parrakeet, etc., etc.
From Mamma's Stories about Birds by Leathley, Mary Elizabeth Southwell Dudley
Alabama: Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet; puma, elk, gray wolf, beaver.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
West Virginia: Pigeon, parrakeet; bison, elk, beaver, puma, gray wolf.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
Louisiana: Passenger pigeon, Carolina parrakeet, Eskimo curlew, flamingo, scarlet ibis, roseate spoonbill; bison, ocelot.
From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by Hornaday, William Temple
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