SO 6 



P A R R T, 



i LACE. 



green/but paler than the back ; lower part of the belly, and ven% 

 red brown : under part of the wings and tail yellowifh green 3 

 the laft much cuneated : the upper part of the body, wings, and 

 tail, of a dark green : quills blue, bordered with green, and tipped 

 with brown on the outer fide. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana. The natives of the laft call it 

 Makavouanne. It is faid to be a bird of paffage, and to frequent 

 the moift favannas, like other Maccaws, living like them on the 

 fruits of the palm. It pronounces the word ara pretty diftinct, 

 but in a more fharp tone of voice. 



6, 

 BLACK 



MACCAW. 



Description. 



Manners. 



Ara noir, Buf. oif. vol. vi. 202. 



Araruna ou Machao, De La'e't Defer, des hut. or. p. 490. 



jyjJFFO N defcribes this bird from probable hearfay, as a fpe- 

 cies well known to the inhabitants of Guiana-, and fays, that 

 the plumage is black, but fo blended with green, that in the fun 

 it has a moft fplendid appearance : the bill and eyes reddilh : and 

 the legs yellow. 



It differs from the other Maccaws, in that it never approaches 

 near habitations, keeping on the tops of dry and barren moun- 

 tains and rocks, and in the inland parts. 



OBSCURE 

 PARROT. 



De 



SCRIPTION. 



Pfittacus obfeurus, Lin. Syfl. p. 140. 4. 



' ' Haffelq. Jtitt. p. 236. 18. 



QIZE of a Jay. Bill black •, feathers furrounding the bafe 'of it 



alfo black, rough, and be r et with hairs : fpace round the eyes 



white : irides yellow : crown variegated with cinereous and 



• black : 



