ILLIGER'S MAG AW. 83 



This is a miniature Macaw, not as large as an Alexandrine Parrakeet, 

 though having all the characteristics of a Macaw. The prevailing 

 colour is dark green; the cheeks are bare and yellowish, the beak black. 

 The specimens with which I was acquainted were tame, but too noisy 

 for a room. I should think it would make a good talker, though 

 neither of those I saw talked. For any one who wanted to try the 

 experiment of turning out Macaws, but was afraid of the damage that 

 might be done by the larger Macaws, Illiger's Macaw would be an 

 excellent bird to try. Though very good-tempered, I observed in a 

 pair caged together in a dealer's shop, the same jealousy that I have 

 alluded to in my account of the other Macaws: no doubt the jealous 

 one was the cock. They are worth about £2 or £3 the pair. 



For food I find Macaws require only bread and milk and hemp 

 seed. I have tried them with Indian corn, but they do not seem very 

 fond of it. They do not eat very much bread and milk after they are 

 grown up, though as nestlings they live entirely on it; the principal 

 food is hemp seed. They are small eaters considering their" size. 



As to diseases, "Bob'"' occasionally had a cold in his head, and then 

 he was not let out for a day or two, but with the amount of liberty 

 my Macaws enjoy they naturally do not get ill. 



