THE MACCAW. 



LARGE BEAKED BIRDS. 



I'/iK general characteristics of this group arc, a beak larpe, 

 but varying in size, very hollow, light, raised above, and 

 hooked before ; in the species immediately following, the legs 

 ;ire short, strong, and the feet formed for climbing : they are 

 furnished with a tongue, thick, fleshy, and rounded like th 

 human tongue, which renders .articulation easy to them. All 

 these birds are foreign, and ought to be reared from the nest 

 ivlicm intended for speaking. 



THE RED AND BLUE MACCAX*. 



Ptiuactw Macao, LINN.KUS ; L'Ara Rouge, BCPPON ; Der roth Ara, Bi'.nisTinN. 



THE beauty of their plumage, and the facility with which 

 they repeat words, are the two principal reasons for the intro- 



