954 PRESENT FROM DONNA MARIA. 
the young Queen of Portugal: it is one of 
the largest and most highly ornamented of 
the species. It measures nearly three feet, 
from the top of the head to the extremity of 
the tail; and the latter, when in fine condi- 
tion, is full two-thirds of the total length. 
The general colour of its plumage is a deep 
and brilliant red, separated, on the interme- 
diate wing-coverts, and behind the shoulders, 
from the deep and violet blue of the large 
quill feathers of the wings, by a broad band 
of bluish green. The tail is usually blue at 
the base, crimson at the middle, blue again 
at the extremity, and blood-red beneath ; 
but all these colours vary both in intensity 
and extent.* It is peculiar to this species to 
have three or four transverse lines of minute- 
clustered crimson feathers upon the cheeks, 
which latter, as well as the cere-covering of 
the base of the bill, are perfectly white. 
The Red and Yellow Macaw, in the same 
Cage, is a smaller species. There are Cock- 
atoos and Lories in the same Cage with the 
Macaws. 
* See Garden and Menageries. 
