MACAWS. 



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Hyacintiiine From their large size, the length of their tails, and the gorgeous 



Macaw. tints of blue, red, and yellow adorning their plumage, the macaws are 



the most showy and conspicuous of all the parrots ; but they have the disadvantage 



of being the most noisy of the whole confraternity, and are tlierefore far from 



HYACINTHIXE MACAW (i IKlt. size). 



desirable in the house. By many writers the whole of them arc included in a single 

 genus, but Count Salvador! considers that they may be divided into three generic 

 groups. The hyacinthine macaw (AnodorJiynchus liyacinthinus), from Central 

 Brazil, of which a fimire is piven on the left side of our coloured Plate, is the best 

 known representative of a small genus, characterised by the general colour of the 

 plumage being blue both above and below, while the lores ai'e feathered. Li the 

 figured species the whole pluniage is of a nearly uniform cobalt-blue, becoming a 

 little lighter on the head and neck, and somewhat duller below, while the under 

 surface of the wings and tail is lilack. In marked contrast to the prevailing 

 azure, stands out the yellow of tlic naked skin surrounding the eye and at the 



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