AEA. 565 



2. Ara macao. 



The Red and Blue Maccaw, Edw. Birds, iv. p. 158, t. 158 '. 



Psittacus macao, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 139 ^ 



Ara macao, G. R. Gray; Taylor, Ibis, 1860, p. 119'; Cassin, Pr. Ac. Phil. 1860, p. 137 *; Lawr. 



Ann. Lye, N. Y. vii. p. 474'; Bull, U, S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, p. 35°; Salv. Ibis, 1871, 



p. 89"; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 46'; Sumichrast, La Nat. v. p. 238'; Nutting, Pr. 



U, S. Nat. Mus. V. p, 402" ; vi. pp. 376", 388 '^ 395 ", 407 "; Zeledon, An, Mus. Nac. 



Costa Rica, 1887, p. 124"; Salvad, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. xx. p, 154"; Richnioud, Pr. 



U, S. Nat. Mus, xvi. p. 519"; Underwood, Ibis, 1896, p. 445 ". 

 Sittace macao, Finsch, Papag. i. p. 398"; Lawr, Ann. Lye. N. Y. ix. p. 131^°; v. Frantz. J. f. 



Orn. 1869, p. 364 "'. 

 Psittacus aracanga, Gm. Syst. Nat. i. p. 313 " ; Lieht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 1 [cf. J. £. Orn. 



1863, p. 54) ". 

 Ara aracanga, G. R. Gray; Moore, P, Z. S. 1859, p. 59''; Scl, & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 137''; 



P. Z. S, 1864, p. 367 '= ; Lawr, Ann. Lye, N. Y. viii. p. 11 ". 



Coccinea, dorso postico et tectricibus supracaudalibus pallide caeruleis ; tecfcricibus alarum majoribus et mediis 

 et scapularibus flavis saturate viridi terminatis, remigibus cyaneis, subtus tectricibus majoribus fusco- 

 coccineis; rectricibus quafcuor mediis coccineis, rhachidibus nigris, tertia utrinque ad basin coccinea 

 cseruleo terminata, reliquis fere omnino caeruleis, subtus omnibus (quatuor mediis exceptis) fuseo-coccineis ; 

 rostri maxilla albida ad basin et ad apicem nigra, mandibula nigra ; capitis lateribus nudis, carneis ; iride 

 (ave viva) flavido-alba. Long, tota circa 36-0, alse 16-0, caudae rectr. med. 23-5, rectr. lat. 8-0, rostri 

 culminis 3-1, tarsi 1-1. (Descr. exempl. ex Aguna, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Hab. Mexico {Beppe ^^), Tampico ^, Tuxpam ^, Uvero ^, Tehuantepec ^ ^, Santa Efigenia ^ ^, 

 Cacoprieto ^, Tonala ^ ^ {Sumichrast), Chimalapa ( W. B. Bichardson) ; Guatemala, 

 Aguna 25, Savana Grande, San Agustin, Huamuchal, Plain of Salama '^, Choctum, 

 Pine-ridge of Poctun "^ (0. S. & F. I). G.) ; Salvadoe, La Union [0. S.) ; Honduras, 

 Omoa {Leyland^% Coraayagua, Tigre I. (G. G. Taylor^); Nicakagua, Matagalpa, 

 San Rafael del Norte {W. B. Richardson), San Juan del Sur {0. S., Nutting ^^), 

 Sucuya^^, Omotepe I.^^ Los Sabalos ^^ (Nutting), E. Escondido (Bichmond^''); 

 Costa Rica [v. Frantzius ^i j, Miravalles ( Underwood ^^), Las Anonas ^o, Tres Rios, 

 Jimenez, Rio Sucio, Las Trojas {Zeledon ^^), Peje {Carmiol), La Palma (Nutting ^o), 

 San Carlos (Boucard «) ; Panama, Lion Hill (M'Leannan ^ ^s 27j,_South America, 

 from Guiana and the Amazons Valley to Bolivia ^^. 



The Red and Blue Macaw (Psittacus macao, Linn., P. aracanga, Gm.) is far the 

 commonest and most widely-spread species of Ara in Central America, and is found 

 from Tampico in Eastern Mexico, over the whole of Central America, and thence 

 southwards over a large part of tropical South America, where it extends from the 

 north coast to the valley of the Amazons, and to the base of the Andes of Ecuador, 

 Peru, and Bolivia. It seems to be absent from all parts of Western Mexico north of 

 the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. In Guatemala it is abundant on both sides of the 

 Cordillera, and may- at times be seen flying over the valleys of the interior as high as 

 3000 feet above the sea. Its harsh discordant cries and showy plumage make it a bird 



