27 2 Clark, Lesser Antillean Macaivs. Ijuly 



ure is from a West Indian bird, although it is regarded by system- 

 atists as a specimen of A. macao. 



The names which have been applied to Red and Blue Macaws 

 are all referable to A. macao or to A. chloroptera. Linnaeus (Syst. 

 Nat., I, p. 139, no. 1, 1766), under \Psittacus\ macao, 1 refers to 

 the PI. Enl. 12 ; but in his description says "rectrices rubrae, later- 

 alibus caeruleis," his diagnosis being referable to A. macao as now 

 understood. Ps[iltacus] aracanga Gmelin (Syst. Nat. I, p. 313, 

 1788) et auct., Ara'canga Levaill. (Perr., I, pi. 2, 1801) and Sittace 

 coccitiea Reichenow (J. f. O., 188 1, p. 267) are all referable to A. 

 macao. 



I believe we are justified in admitting provisionally into the avi- 

 fauna of the Lesser Antilles a red, yellow, and blue Macaw, under 

 the name of 



Ara guadeloupensis. 



Lesser Antillean Macaw. 



Characters. Apparently similar to A. macao Linn., but smaller (tail 

 15 to 20 in. long [Labat] ; iS in. long [Dutertre]), and with the tail wholly 

 red. 



Habitat. Guadeloupe (extinct) ; ? Dominica (extinct) ; Martinique 

 (extinct). 



Ara Dutertre, Hist. Gdnerale des Isles des Christophie, de la Guade- 

 loupe, de la Martinique, et autres dans l'Amerique, p. 294 (1654) ; Hist, 

 gen. des Antilles habitees par les Francois, II, p. 247 (1667).' 2 — Anon., 3 

 Hist. Nat. et Morale des Isles Antilles de 1'Amerique, p. 154 (165S), 2nd 

 ed., p, 170 (1665). — Labat, Nouv. Voyage aux Isles de 1'AmeVique, con- 

 tenant Thistoire naturelle de ces pays, II, p. 211 (1742). — Buffon, Hist. 

 Nat. Ois., VI, p. 1S1 (1774) (part). 



1 The name "macao " was given to this bird because it was first supposed 

 to have come from Macao, near Hong Kong. The English "Macaw" is sup- 

 posed by some to be derived from it. 



2 In the title it says "en deux tomes," but three volumes were published — 

 Vol. I (1667) ; Vol. II (1667) ; and Vol. Ill (1671), entitled "Histoire Gen- 

 6rale des Ant-Isles habitees par les Francois " (Paris). The spelling "Ant- 

 Isles " is to agree with a theory of the author's as to the derivation of the 

 word "Antilles." 



3 This book was published at Rotterdam: other early writers refer to it as 

 being the work of C. Cesar de Rochefort. 



