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2. Ara macao. 
The Red and Blue Maccaw, Edw. Birds, iv. p. 158, t. 158°. 
Psittacus macao, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 189°. 
Ara macao, G. R. Gray; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 119°; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 1374; Lawr. 
Ann. Lyc. N.Y. vii. p. 474°; Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 35°; Salv. Ibis, 1871, 
p- 89"; Boucard, P. Z. 8S. 1878, p. 46°; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 238°; Nutting, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 402"; vi. pp. 3764, 388, 395**, 407"; Zeledon, An. Mus. Nac. 
Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124; Salvad. Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p. 154"; Richmond, Pr. 
U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. p. 519'7; Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 445”. 
Sittace macao, Finsch, Papag. i. p. 898"; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. ix. p. 181”; v. Frantz. J. f. 
Orn. 1869, p. 364”. 
Psitiacus aracanga, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 813**; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vég. p. 1 (ef. J. f. Orn. 
1863, p. 54) *. 
Ara aracanga, G. R. Gray; Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p.59™; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 187°; 
P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 867°; Lawr. Ann. Lyc. N. Y. viii. p. 11”. 
Coccinea, dorso postico et tectricibus supracaudalibus pallide ceruleis ; tectricibus alarum majoribus et mediis 
et scapularibus flavis saturate viridi terminatis, remigibus cyaneis, subtus tectricibus majoribus fusco- 
coccineis; rectricibus quatuor mediis coccineis, rhachidibus nigris, tertia utrinque ad basin coccinea 
ceruleo terminata, reliquis fere omnino ceruleis, subtus omnibus (quatuor mediis exceptis) fusvo-coccineis ; 
rostri maxilla albida ad basin et ad apicem nigra, mandibula nigra ; capitis lateribus nudis, carneis; iride 
(ave viva) flavido-alba. Long. tota circa 36-0, ale 16:0, caude rectr. med. 23:5, rectr. lat. 8-0, rostri 
culminis 3-1, tarsi 1-1. (Descr. exempl. ex Aguna, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico (Deppe **), Tampico °, Tuxpam °, Uvero ®, Tehuantepec ®9, Santa Efigenia ® 9, 
Cacoprieto ®, Tonala °° (Sumichrast), Chimalapa (W. B. Richardson) ; GuaTeMAa.a, 
Aguna *5, Savana Grande, San Agustin, Huamuchal, Plain of Salama’, Choctum, 
Pine-ridge of Poctun’ (0. 8S. & F. D. G.); Satvapor, La Union (0. 8.); Honpuras, 
Omoa (Leyland 7+), Comayagua, Tigre I. (G. C. Taylor*); Nicaragua, Matagalpa, 
San Rafael del Norte (W. B. Richardson), San Juan del Sur (0. S., Nutting 1), 
Sucuya ?, Omotepe I.'%, Los Sabalos * (Nutting), R. Escondido (Richmond) ; 
Costa Rica (v. frantzius 1), Miravalles (Underwood }8), Las Anonas 2°, Tres Rios, 
Jimenez, Rio Sucio, Las Trojas (Zeledon ™), Peje (Carmiol), La Palma (Nutting !°), 
San Carlos (Boucard®); Panama, Lion Hill (M‘Leannan 5 26 27),—Souru America, 
from Guiana and the Amazons Valley to Bolivia 14, 
The Red and Blue Macaw (Psittacus macao, Linn., P. aracanga, Gm.) is far the 
commonest and most widely-spread species of Ara in Central America, and is found 
from Tampico in Eastern Mexico, over the whole of Central America, and thence 
southwards over a large part of tropical South America, where it extends from the 
north coast to the valley of the Amazons, and to the base of the Andes of Ecuador, 
Peru, and Bolivia. It seems to be absent from all parts of Western Mexico north of 
the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. In Guatemala it is abundant on both sides of the 
cordillera, and may at times be seen flying over the valleys of the interior as high as 
3000 feet above the sea, Its harsh discordant cries and showy plumage make it a bird 
