They were thought of as noisy mobs of rogues hell-bent on destruction. They swarmed the grain fields and orchards of European settlers consuming the fruits of hard labor. If they possessed redeeming qualities it was only after they were dead and skinned, either for decoration on women's hats or fried in lard for the table. Linnaeus named them Carolina parakeets in 1758, and within that group there was a subspecies with slightly different colored plumage called the Louisiana parakeet.