560 BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 



length, or nearly fo. In the Englifh nomenclature, which is adopted for this translation, regard has 

 been paid chiefly to precision, preferving as much as poffible the names already in ufe, particularly as 

 employed by Mr Latham and Mr Edwards,, but efpecially avoiding long compounded terms when 

 others equally diftinguifhable could be found : The Maccaivs have ufually very long tails, and their 

 bodies are generally larger than the other fpecies; the Cockatoos are furnifhed with crefts; the Parra- 

 ieets are moi'tly fmall, but as thefe, the Parrots, and Lorys, have no particular diftinction, thefe names 

 are not here employed, efpecially as thefe differences in name, in a great many inftances, have been 

 chofen arbitrarily. 



* Having long wedge-like tails. 



32 7 1. Ara. — 1. PJittacus Macao. 1. 



Of a red colour, having naked wrinkly cheeks ; the wing quills are blue above, 

 and ruddy beneath ; the fcapulars are variegated with blue and green. Scop. an. L 

 26. 



Pf. Macao. Lath. ind. orn. I. 82. n. r Pf. maximus alter. Aldr. orn. i. 665. f. p. 666. Raj. 



av. 29. n. 2. — Ara brafilienfis. Briff. av. iv. 184. t. 19. f. 1. — Ara premier. Fermin, furin. ii. 

 173. — Ara rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 179. PI. enl. n. 12. — Maccaw. Albin, av. i. t. 11. Will. orn. angl. 

 73. — Red-and-blue Maccaw. Edw. av. t. 158. Bancr. guian. 156. Lath. fyn. i. 199. n. 1. 



Inhabits South America. — The body is as large as that of a common Hen, but with the tail mea- 

 fures more than a yard long ; Mr Latham fays two feet feven inches and a half : This fpecies lives 

 in palm woods, on the fruits of which it chiefly feeds ; it breeds twice a year in hollows of trees, 

 laying two eggs, not larger than thofe of pigeons, and a good deal refembling the eggs of partridges; 

 on thefe the male and female fit alternately ; when caught young it may be eafily tamed, but the old 

 birds are very ftubborn ; the flefh is eaten, but is dry and tafhelefs. The general colour of the body 

 is a full fcarlet ; the wing quills, efpecially the outer ones, are blue ; the coverts are moftly yellow ; 

 the long tail is red, its outer quills being blue ; the temples are white ; the upper mandible of the 

 bill is white, and the lower mandible black.. 



328 2. Aracanga. — 2. Pfittacus Aracanga. 52. 



Is pale fcarlet, with naked wrinkly cheeks j the fcapuiar feathers are yellow, tipt with 

 green; the wing quills are blue above, and red beneath. 



Pf. Aracanga. Lath. ind. orn. i. 83. n. 2. — Pf. erythroxanthus. Gefn. av. 721. Aldr. orn. i. 

 683. — Aracanga. Marcgr. braf. 206. Raj. av. 29. n. 3. — Aracanga Maccaw. Will. orn. angl. 1 n. — 

 Ara jamaicenfis. Briff. av iv. 188. n. 2. — Petit Ara rouge. Buff. oif. vi. 180. PI. enl. n. 641. — 

 Jamaica Macaw. Alb. av. ii. t. 17. Brown, jam. 472.- — Red-and-yellow Maccaw. Bancr. guian. 

 156. Lath. fyn. i. 201. n. 2.. 



Inhabits Guiana, Brafil, and Jamaica. — This fpecies is faid by Dr Gmelin to equal the former, but: 

 Mr Latham informs us that it is fmaller, and fufpefts it may only be a younger bird of the fame fpe- 

 cies. The wing quills are fcarlet, mixed with violet colour, on their upper furfaces, and dufky red 

 beneath; two of thefe quills in the middle of each wing are dufky red on the upper, half of their up- 

 per furfaces- 



