110 PARROT, 



8— PARROT MACCAW. 



Psittacus Makavouanna, bid. Orn. i. 84. Gm. Lin. i. 314. Lev ail. Perr. i. p. 17. pi. 7. 

 Perriche Ara, Buf. vi. 277. pi. enl. 864 Barter. Ft. Eq. 145. 

 Parrot Maccaw, Gen. Syji. i. 205. Shaw's Zool. viii. 398. 



ACCORDING to M. Barrere, the length is eighteen inches. 

 Bill black ; sides of the head, and round the eye to the chin bare and 

 white; top and sides of the head green, with a mixture of blue; the 

 latter most predominant in a certain light ; upper parts of the body, 

 wings, and tail dark green ; throat, fore part of the neck, and upper 

 part of the breast tinged with rufous ; the rest of the under parts 

 green, but paler than the back ; lower parts of the belly and vent 

 red brown ; quills blue, bordered with green, and tipped with brown 

 on the outer side ; tail greatly cuneiform, the under parts of that and 

 the wings dark green ; legs dusky. 



Inhabits Cayenne and Guiana : called by the natives Makavou- 

 anna: said to be a bird of passage, and to frequent the moist Savan- 

 nas, as the other Maccaws, and like them, feeding on the fruits of the 

 palm : it pronounces the word " Ara," pretty distinctly. 



9— BLACK MACCAW. 



Psittacu* ater, Lid. Orn. i. 84. Gm. Lin. i. 314. 



Ara noir, Buf. vi. 202. 



Ararauna, ou Machao, De Laet Descr. dts Ind. Or. 490. 



Black Maccaw, Gen. Syn. i. 206. Shaw's Zool. viii. 399. 



SIZE uncertain. Bill and eyes reddish ; the plumage in general 

 black, but so blended with green, that in the sun it has a most 

 splendid appearance ; legs yellow ; although neither the size, nor 



