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parts of a light and lively green ; the greater wing- 

 coverts and quills, blue ; and the tail scarlet and 

 blue on the upper surface, with the under plumage 

 both of the wings and tail, a mass of intense orange 

 yellow. 



" Autumnal rains set in with westerly winds in 

 the Gulf of Mexico, when the Ara is said to migrate 

 from the mountain ranges on which it breeds on 

 the continent, and not to return till the turn of the 

 year. From our birds being found only in the 

 western parts of the island, I suspect that they are 

 casual visitors, coming to us at the end of the year. 

 The ordinary Parrots wing high, but the Macaws 

 are exceedingly high fliers, and the command of the 

 continental and insular shores, could be no difficulty 

 to birds of their powerful, though, usually, not 

 long-sustained flight. When the October rains set 

 in, storms and deluges from the mountains of the 

 continent to the west of us, send myriad flocks of 

 aquatic birds over to us, and it is extremely likely 

 that these magnificent Parrots are driven to our 

 shores, where they find in our genial mountains, 

 the mild quietude of the upper summer woods of 

 Mexico. 



" A mountain district very remote, between Tre- 

 lawney and St. Ann's, here and there cleared and 

 settled, a peculiar country called the Slack grounds, 

 is said to be the never failing resort of these 

 Mexican Macaws. I have been assured that 

 several birds have been procured there. This is 

 said to be nearly as far eastward as they have been 

 found. Further westward, in the neighbourhood of 



