BIRDS. PIES. Parrot. 561 



329 3. Military Maccaw. — 3. Pfittacus militants. 2. 



Is green, with blue wings; the tail and forehead are red; the cheeks are moftly naked, 

 with feathered lines. 



Pf. militaris. Lath. ind. orn. i. 83. n. 3. — Largeft guiana Parrot. Bancr. guian. 158. — Great 

 green Maccaw. Edw. av. t. 3 13. — Military Maccaw. Gent. mag. xlii. f. p. 505. Lath. fyn. i. 203. 

 n. 3. 



Inhabits Guiana ? — The bill is black ; the rump and covert feathers of the wings are green tipt 

 with blue ; the cheeks are only feathered in ftripes or lines, leaving the Ikin naked in the intervals, 



330 4. Ararauna. — 4. Pfittacus Ararauna. 3. 



Is blue above, and yellow beneath ; the cheeks are naked, with feathered (tripes. 



Pf. Ararauna. Lath, ind, orn. i. 83. n. 4. — Pf. maximus cyano-croceus. Aldr. orn. i. 664. Raj. 

 av. 28. n. 1. and 181. n. 5. Sloan, jam. ii. 296. — Ararauna. Marcgr. braf. 206. Albin, av. iii. 

 t. io- and ii. t. 17. — Ara braiiiienfis cyano-crocea. Briff. av. iv. 193. t. 20. — Ara bleu. Ferm. furin. 

 ii. 174. Buff. oif. vi. ipi. PI. enl. n. 36. — Blue-and-yellow Maccaw, and Brafilian Ararauna. 

 Will. orn. angl. no. n. 1. and in. n.4. t. 15. — Blue-and-yellow Maccaw. Edw. av. t. 159. Lath, 

 fyn. i. 204. n. 4. 



331 /3. Blue Ararauna. — 4. /3. Pf. Ararauna caeruleus. 



The body and tail are blue above, and faffron yellow beneath ; the cheeks are white 

 and naked. Lath. ind. orn. i. 84. n. 4. p. 



Pf. maximus caeruleus varius. Brown, jam. 272. — Pf. caeruleo-Iuteus. Klein, av. 24. n. 2. — 

 Ara jamaicenfis cyano-crocea. BrifT. av. iv. 191. n. 3. — Blue Maccaw. Alb. av. iii. t. 10. Lath.- 

 fyn. i. 205. n. 4. A. 



Inhabits Jamaica, Guiana, Brafil, and Surinam. — This fpecies equals any of the preceding in fize» 

 The upper part of the neck, back, wings, and tail are blue; the under part of the throat, breaft, and 

 belly are yellow •, the tail is yellow in the female, and red in the male ; the bill and chin are black ;" 

 the eyelids are planted with black warty papillae ; the temples and cheeks are white and naked, be- 

 ing ftriped with feathered fpots of a bluilh-black colour, which are wanting in the Blue variety. 



%\>i 5. Hyacinthine Maccaw. — Pfittacus hyacinthinus. 



Is violet blue, the head and neck being paler; the chin and orbits are yellow and naked. 

 Lath. ind. orn. i. 84. n. 5. Muf. parkinfon. 



Its place not mentioned. — This fpecies is nearly equal in fize to the former, m^afuring two feet 

 four inches in length. The bill is very large, and entirely black ; the head and neck are blue ; the 

 body is very full blue, verging to violet ; the wing and tail quills are of the fame colour, with green- 

 ifh edges ; the legs and feet are blackilh afli colour, 



^11 6. Mskawuanna. — 5. Pfittacus Makaivuanna. 53. 



Is dufky green above, the head being green mixed with blue ; the chin, throat, and. 



uppes 



