483 CLASS AVES. 



of a very brilliant plumage : for which reason many of 

 them are brought into Europe. 



Red and Blue Maccaw. P. Macao. L. Vaill. 1. 



Scarlet, with blue wings ; yellow on wing-coverts ; 

 cheeks naked, white. Size of a fowl. South 

 America. 



Red, Yellow, and Blue Maccaxv. P. Aracanga. Enl. 

 12. Vaill. 2. 



Rather smaller than the last. Scarlet ; rump blue ; 

 scapulars, yellowish, tipped with blue ; quills, blue 

 and green, most of them black tipped ; middle tail- 

 feather, blue ; the next blue and red ; and the four 

 outer, blue. Guiana. 



Varied Maccaw. P. Tricolor. Vaill. 5. 



Top of head, cheeks, and under parts, reddish ; nape, 

 yellow; quills, blue; coverts, red-brown. South 

 America. 



Hyacinthine Maccaw. P. Hyacinthinus. Lath., or 

 Anadorhynchus Maximiliani. Spix. t. 11. 



Deep blue ; bill, and legs, black ; orbits, and base of 

 lower mandible, yellow. South America. 



T%e Ararauna, or Blue and Yelloiv Maccaw. P. 

 Ararauna. Enl. 36. 



Blue ; beneath yellow ; cheeks, naked, with black 

 lines. 



Military Maccaw. P. Militaris. Vaill. 4. 



Green ; forehead, red ; quills, and rump, blue ; tail, 

 red, tipped with blue. 



