130 Device on a French Sniiff-Box. — Blue Macaw. [Sept. I, 



the Englifli in the humour of their cari- 

 catures. In tlie American war they pub- 

 liihed a fine medal of a fimilar dcfcrip- 

 tion. America is here reiirel'ciited as an 

 infant Hercules ftraiii^ling the lerpcnts ; 

 England, under the liiiure of an enrajjed 

 leopard raifed on its hinder-le^s, is ready 

 to fall on tliis political child of I-'rencii 

 adoption ; Jlinerva, rejirefeiitini; the un- 

 uij'e scnius of the rreiich Monarcii, in- 

 tcrpofes with her Ihield, covering the iii- 

 fnnt — who is ye.t, however, very far from 

 having become a Ilercides ! The cu- 

 rious may obtain a call of this niudal at 

 Mr. Taliie's. 



'I"he medals of Louis XIV. are ex- 

 tremely numerous, but they are not. fo 

 admirable for liieir workmanihip as l)al- 

 fier's and other more recent medalills ; 

 lome of their dcfigns are however inirc- 

 nious, and thous.^h not hifuMlcally true, 

 may be poetically imagined. 'J'o pre- 

 ferve tliefe fugitive delisus is not unwor- 

 thy the care of the hilhjrian ; they fur- 

 niih us with the popular feeling of the 

 moment, while they regifter the hiltorical 

 fact. ' S. L. 



Lincoln's hin, Juli/ 7, 180G. 



Tor the Muntlili/ Magazuie. 

 ACCoi'NT of a Bi.uE MACAW, thf 1'iiorr.n- 



TV (j/'dE. TIIOK.NIOX, ('/'lIIiXD-STRliET, 

 THANCIIESTrR-SQl-AUl;. 



f^Y^MV, pfittacus, or parrot, is a very 

 JL numerous izeuus, of which there arc 

 upwards of IJO Ipecies. They are inha- 

 bitants of warm climates. When young, 

 they are \ cry docile ; and, owing to their 

 hlunt tongue, imitate ealily the human 

 voice. The bill in this genus is hooked, 

 and, what is peculiar, the upper man- 

 dible is moveable, as well as the lower. 

 The feet arc formed for climbing, having 

 a longer and (horter toe. 



The macaw is one of this genus, and 

 the largeil and molt beautiful of the ])ar- 

 rot tribe. They arc of two kinds, the 

 red and blue. The tail is compofed of 

 two long feathcts, in the centre, one of 

 tlicfe yellow, the other blue, fdliiii; un- 

 derneath : thele are about two feet in 

 length, and have on each fide four pro- 

 Jiortioiiate blue feathers. The wings and 

 back arc blue, and the breail and all un- 

 derneath of a fine yellow. Both man- 

 dibles are black. The checks arc naked, 

 with whiikers of linall feathers, four 

 MHrienieath the eye, . and five above. 

 This bird is about a yard in length. 

 They ufe the claw as a hand ; and in 

 holding employ three toes, a long one, 

 *uJ the two Ihortcr before, uiinj; out- of 



them as a thumb. They live in pahn 

 woods, feed upon fruits and feeds, pair, 

 the male and female by turns fit upon the 

 eg'j:s and feed their young. I'locks con- 

 taining hundreds of them are often feen 

 flying in the air, and, rcllei'ting the Sun's 

 light, tht-y leem like clouds of blue and 

 gold, aiiapretV-nt to the ravifhcd eye the 

 niofl beautiful anri brilliant fight. They 

 attain the age of from 130 to 'lOO years. 



To tlcfccnd to the prelent macaw.— 

 lie was fi)r many years in fcrvitude at 

 Mr. Brooks's jNIenagerie in the Ilay- 

 market. Like the other birds of that 

 fpi'cies, he was chained by the leg by a 

 fiiort chain to his perch, defended by tin, 

 and fed upon fcaidcil brrad. Here he 

 learned to imitate the cackling of finvls, 

 barking of dogs, his exhibitors, and other 

 inhuman Ibunds. 



])r. Thornton bought him for fifteen 

 guineas to grace his mufeum, or botani- 

 cal exhibition. When in a confined room 

 in Bond-llreet, be nuidc the fcreaminj; 

 noifes fi) olfenlive in this tribe. He 

 teemed fulky and unhappy. Being 

 brought to the Doctor's houfc, his bota- 

 nical exhibition being clofed, the Doctor, 

 from motives of humanity, and tor expe- 

 riment, took away the eliain that confin- 

 ed him to his perch. His feet were fo 

 cramped, and the mufcles weakened 

 from longdifufc, that he could not walk. 

 He tottered at every Itt p, and appeared 

 in a few minutes only greatly fatigued. 

 In order that he might not clamber by 

 his feet and bill down the upright pole 

 fupporting his perch at a right-angle, a 

 double ftand was made as with flowers, 

 and this fervcs as a parapet-wall, which 

 jn-cvcnts his coining farther. His libera- 

 ted feet loon acquired uncommon agili- 

 ty ; Ills plumage grew more rcfplendent ; 

 and he became completely happy. No 

 longer he indulged in fircams of difcon- 

 teiit, and all his geliurcs denoted grati- 

 tude. His food was now changed, and 

 he brcakf'afls with the family, having 

 toafl and butter, or bread and butter ; 

 and dines upon potatoes, hard dum[)- 

 lings, with fruit occalionally after dinner. 

 Like other parrots, he never drinks. His 

 fmell is uncommonly quick. Ilu marks 

 the time of meals by a continued agita- 

 tion of the wings, and running up and 

 down the pole, and a plealing note of 

 rcqueff. 



When he receives his food, he half 

 opens his wings, contracts the pupils of 

 his eyes, and utters a plealing note of 

 thankfulnefs. If he gets what he is not 

 very fond of, he takes it iu his left Icl', 



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