LECTURE V. 175 



tailed Parrots the feathers of the tail are of equal 

 length, and the end or tip is nearly even or 

 slightly rounded. The larger kind of long-tailed 

 Parrots are called Maccaws ; the smaller Par- 

 rakeets. The English term Parrot, in common 

 language being usually confined to the short or 

 even-tailed kinds. Of the large long-tailed Par- 

 rots or Maccaws the most conspicuous is the 

 PsitUicus Macao of Linnteus, or G^^eat Scarlet 

 MaccaWy which indeed may be well considered 

 as one of the most magnificent of the whole 

 feathered tribe. As a species, it is distinguished 

 by having the ]x)dy scarlet, the wings blue, with 

 a bar of yellow, and the cheeks bare, white, and 

 slightly wrinkled. In colours it sometimes varies a 

 little in different individuals. Like the rest of the 

 great Maccaws, it is a native of South-America. 



The best figure extant is that of Edwards, 

 which, in the true expression of character, as 

 well as of colours, far surpasses that given in 

 the Planches Enluminees of Daubenton. In its 

 native regions this bird is often seen in large 

 ilocks, which, from the brilliancy of their colours, 

 when seen at a distance, exhibit the appearance 

 of a kind of flying rainbow. An appearance 



