304 BIRDS OF BRITISH GUIAXA. 



193. Ara manilata. 



Eed-bellied Macaw. 



PsiffaciiS jnanilatus Bodd. Tabl. PI. Enl. p. o'l, 17S3 (Cayenne). 

 Conunis macavuana (Gruiel.), Cab. in Sehomb. Reis. Guian. iii. p. 729, 



1848. 

 Ara macttvuana Salvin, Ibis, 1886, p. 67 (Roraima, 3-500 ft.) ; Quelch, 



Timeliri (2) ii. p. 373, 1888 (Abarv River). 

 Ai'a macavuanna Salvad. Cat. B. Brit. Mus. xx. p. 165, 1891 (Roraima). 

 Ara manilata Braboume & Chubb, B. S. Amer. i. p. SO, no. 743, 1912. 



'^ Small Macaw/' " ^ta Parrot"' (Quelch). 



Adult male. General colour o£ the upper parts green inclining 

 to blue on the head, sides of face, and outer portion of the flight- 

 quill*, with pale edges to the feathers of the upper back, scapulars, 

 and upper wing-coverts ; under surface more olive-green with a 

 patch of deep red on the abdomen. 



Total length 395 mm., ciilmen 28, wing 238, tail 203, tarsus 20, 

 middle toe and claw 43. 



The male from which the description is taken was collected at 

 Bartica. 



Adult female. Similar to the adult male. Wing 243 mm. 



The description of the female is taken from an example collected 

 at Lama in September 1896. 



Breeding-season. Unrecorded in British Guiana. 



Nest. " It nests in the holes of trees made by Woodpeckers '* 

 (Sclwmhurgk). 



Eggs. '* It is said to lay two eggs " [SchomhurgF). 



Bange in Bi'itish Guiana. Takutu River, Supenaam River, 

 Bartica, Bonasika River, Madaweene Creek, Lama (McConnell 

 collection); Mount Roraima {W/iiteh/); Abary River (Quelch). 



ExtraUmital Bange. North Brazil, Peru, Ecuador. 



Habits. According to Schomburgk (Reis. Guian. iii. p. 729) 

 this bird is distributed throughout the whole of British Guiana. 

 It appears to be very fond o£ the ita palms (Mauritia flexuosa), 

 as when passing a clump of these palms I always found a flock of 

 these birds feeding there. Its voice is clear and high-pitched. If 

 disturbed, it leaves the palms uttering its loud cries, and flies for 

 some time round and round the particular clump of palms from 

 whence it was disturbed. It nests in holes made by Wood- 

 peckers and is said to lay two eggs. The "Macusis^and "'Aukunas" 

 call it Marakang. 



