154 PSITTACIDA 



Adult. Very much like A. ararauna, but the forehead with no 

 greenish tinge ; the naked skin of the cheeks much reduced, and 

 surrounded by a broad green band, which covers the whole of the 

 throat ; the feathered lines on the lores and upper part of the cheeks 

 more numerous than in A. ararauna and of a lighter green, like 

 the throat. Total length 32 inches, wing 14-3, tail 19, bill 2-3, 

 tarsus l'l. 



Hub. Paraguay. 



a. Ad. sk. [Interior of Brazil.] Warwick Coll, 



b. Ad. sk. [Kiver Amazon.] Stevens Coll. 



3. Ara macao. 



Red and Blue Maccaw, Edw. Birds, iv. p. 158, pi. 158 (1751). 



Ara jamaiceusis, Briss. Orn. iv. p. 188 (1760). 



Psittacus macao, Linn. S. N. i. p. 130, n. 1 (syn. emend.) (1700); 

 Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 20 (170!)) ; Gm. S. N. i. p. 312, n. 1 

 (syn. emend.) (1788) ; Lath. Ind. Om. i. p. 82, n. 1 (svn. emend.) 

 (1790) ; Shaw, Gen. Zool. viii. 2, p. 380, pi. 53 (1811).' 



Ara rouge, D'Aubent. PL Enl. n. 12 ; Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois. vi. 

 p. 179 (partim) (1779). 



Bed and Yellow Maccaw, Lath. Syn. 5. p. 201, n. 2 (1781) ; id. Gen. 

 Hist. ii. p. 107, pi. xxi. (var.) (1822). 



Psittacus aracanga, Gin. S. N. i. p. 313, u. 52 (syn. emend.) (1788) ; 

 Lath. Lnd. Orn. i. p. 83, n. 2 (syn. emend.) (1790) ; Bechst. Lath. 

 Ueb. p. 64 (1811-12) ; Kuhl, Consp. Psitt. p. 10 (1820) ; Huhn, 

 Vog. am As. Lief. xiii. t. 1 (1822); Licht. Preis-Verz. Mexico, 

 p. i (1830) ; Voifft, Guv. Vebers. p. 724 (1831) ; Neuwied, Beitr. 

 iv. p. 138 (1832) ; Hahn, Orn. Atl, Papag. p. 11, t. 1 (1834) ; 

 Brehm, Mon. d. Papag. t. 2 (1842) ; Licht. Journ. f. Orn. 1863, 

 p. 54. 



Ara canon, Levaill. Perr. i. pis. 2, 2 his (1801). 



Macrocercus aracanga, Tieill. N. I), ii. p. 258 (part.) (1816) ; id. 

 Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1416 (1823) ; Less. Tr. a"Om. p. 185 (1831) ; 

 Lear, Parr. pi. 7 (1832) ; Selhj, Nat. Libr., Parrots, p. 93, pi. 7 

 (1836) ; Bp. Naumannia, 1856, Consp. Psitt. no. 7 ; Burnt. Si/st. 

 Ueb. ii. p. 157 (note) (1856) ; Cab. in Schomb. Beis. Brit. Guian. 

 iii. p. 729, n. 287 (1848) ; Gallic. P. Z. S. 1875, p. 490. 



Macrocercus macao, Vieill. N. D. ii. p. 262 (1816) ; id. Enc. Meth. 

 iii. p. 1418 (1823) ; Finsch, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. i. Berigt. p. xiii 

 (1863). 



Red, Yellow and Blue Maccaw, Lath. Gen. Hist. ii. p. 104 (1822). 



Arara aracanga, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 27 (1824) ; Licht. Nomencl. Av. 

 p. 73 (1854). 



Sittace aracanga, Waal. Mon. Psitt. p. 673 (1832). 



Ara macao, Hartl. Sust. Vers. Ges. Mus. p. 85 (1844) ; G. R. Gr. 

 List Psitt. Brit. Mus. p. 26 (1859) ; Tayl, Ibis, 1860, p. 119 (Hon- 

 duras) ; Cass. Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 137 ; Later. Ann. Luc. N. Y. 

 vii. p. 474 (1862) ; Ibis, 1805, p. 224 (?) ; Owen, Ibis, 1866, pp. 169, 

 170 (with figures of lower jaw) ; Sclat. # Salv. P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 197, 1867, p. 587 (Mexiana), p. 753; G. R. Gray, Hand-list, ii. 

 p. 144, n. 8073 (1870) ; Salv. Ibis, 1871, pp. 87, 89 ; Reinh. Ibis, 

 1871, p. 362 ; Sclat. $ Salv. P. Z. S. 1873, p. 299 ; iid. Nomencl. Av. 

 Neotrop. p. Ill, n. 6 (1873) ; Garrod, P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 465, 633, 



