Macaws 



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range in tropical America, from Panama to Bolivia and Guiana. A little over 

 thirty inches in length, it has the upper parts blue, the forehead olive-green, and 

 the ear-coverts, sides of neck, breast, and abdomen yellow-orange, while the 

 wings and tail are blue above and golden olive-yellow below. This species, and 

 the next as well, is frequently seen in zoological gardens and menageries, where 

 if properly cared for it may live for years. It is possessed of a fairly good temper 

 and becomes much attached to its attendant, though it, and in fact all Macaws 



FIG. 149. Hyacinthine Macaw, Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus. 



in captivity, often persists in violent screaming. Larger and even more gor- 

 geously plumaged is the great Red-and-blue Macaw (A. macao}, which is mainly 

 scarlet-red both above and below, but with the back and upper and lower tail- 

 coverts pale blue, as are the wing-quills, while the shoulders and greater coverts 

 are chrome-yellow; the tail-feathers are scarlet, the two central ones scarcely 

 tipped with blue, the blue tips increasing in extent on the outer feathers, the 

 three outermost being almost wholly of this color. The home of this bird ex- 

 tends from Mexico, through Central America to Bolivia, Guiana, and the Amazon 

 Valley, being in many localities a very common species and seen usually in pairs 

 or companies of pairs. Another species of somewhat similar coloration is the 



