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"W to-lithe ,-oiirouritotreBalum.ii|..- fiuii ( ,n them, they are covered with this magnificent 

 Parrot II. -i- notshyorwun ; %,,u rosy take your M. .*|.i|. loiaonedarrowa, 



and k.ll mor.. tlum you are able to carry lack to yonr hut. They are rery vociferous, and 

 likrthr.-.HMinomPiMJBB^jtoe up tabodle* toward. WMH :m.i th t wo and two to thalr place* 



st. It i* a grand night in ..rnit!,. . . tho,,*uHls of Aras flying orer your head, low 

 enough to let you have u full view ,,f their (laming mantle. The Indiana find the flesh rery 

 gootl, and the feathers Nerve for ornament* in their tonid-dnwN- 



Th- Hlue and Yellow Maon ^ . n.llv k- , ; though, like the other neeta, It 



will sometimes aasemMe in flocks of conHiderable riae. When thus congregated, the Macawa 

 beoom0 very converHational, and their united cries are most d.-af.-ning, and can be heard at a 

 great distance, a* any one can understand who lias visited a Parn .t I,, ,mw. In common with 



BLUE A20> YELLOW MACAW. Ar , 



the other Macaws, this species is easily tamed, and possesses some powers of imitation, being 

 able to learn and repeat several words, or even phrn.es. It is not. however, >nfted with the 

 extraordinary powers of speech \\hi.-h are so wonderfully developed in the true Parrots, and 

 on account of its deafening -riv< is not an agreeable inhabitant of a house. 



The Macaws lay their eggs in the hollows of decaying trees, and are said to alter the stae 

 and form of the hole to th.-ir taste by means of their powerful beaks, a feat which they cer- 

 tainly have the ability to jM-rform. The eggs are never more than two, and there are generally 

 two broods in the season. Both parents assist in the duties of incubation. 



The GREAT <ii:i i N M \ AW. a v.-ry xpN-ndid species, with green body, scarlet and I 'In- 

 head, blue-tipped wings, and red and blue tail, is not so exclusively an inhabitant f th- forest 

 v. u.-m. 



