260 SCANSORES. PS1TTACID.E. 



ORDER. SCANSORES. (Climbers.} 

 FAM. PSITTACLD^E. (The Parrots.) 

 YELLOW-HEADED MACAW.* 

 ? Ara tricolor, LE VAILL. pi. 5. 



IF this be not the Tricolor of Le Vaillant, which 

 is the only Macaw I am aware of marked with a 

 yellow nape, it is probably undescribed. The two 

 descriptions do not, certainly, agree exactly ; yet still 

 I cannot but think the bird seen by Robinson, 

 whose description I give below, to be this very rare 

 species. Of the present specimen the Doctor says, 

 " This bird I saw stuffed. The legs and tail were 

 wanting. It seemed less than the common Red and 

 Blue Macaw. By what I can judge from this sample, 

 this bird has never yet either been figured or described. 

 Sir Henry Moore, late Lieutenant Governor, often 

 assured me that the Jamaica Macaw was very differ- 

 ent from any he had ever seen. The subject now 

 before us was shot [probably about 1765,] in the 

 mountains of Hanover parish, about ten miles east of 

 Lucea, by Mr. Odell." 



* " Basal half of upper mandible black, apical half ash-coloured ; lower 

 mandible black, tip only ash- coloured. Forehead, crown, and back of neck 

 bright yellow. Sides of face around eyes, anterior and lateral part of neck, 

 and back, a fine scarlet. Wing coverts and breast, deep sanguine red. 

 Winglet and primaries, an elegant light blue. The legs and feet were 

 said to have been black ; the tail red and yellow intermixed." (Rob.) 



