XV11I. 



THE PRINCE OF THE PARROTS, AND 

 THE LOVE-BIRDS. 



HAVE yet more to say about the Parrots. 

 There is a bird of the tribe that may be 

 considered as the prince or emperor of 

 the whole race. I mean the Macaw. He 

 is of the family of the Parrots, but he is dis- 

 tinguished by having no feathers on the sides of 

 his face. And he has a long tail, almost like a 

 Peacock's. 



He leads very much the same life, among the 

 boughs and branches of the Tropical forest, that 

 the Parrots do. But though the plumage of the 

 Parrot shines and glistens, that of the Macaw is 



