ni o?{&ciTHOLogr % Book ri. 



Upon comparing the defcriptions I find, that this is the very lame bird with Aldr$- 

 vandrn his firft Macao. 



§. V. 



* The former Brajili an MaYacana. <?/Marggrav. 



IT is a Bird altogether like a Parrot ( of which alfo it is a Species) but bigger. 

 All its feathers of a bluilh grey. It cries like a Parrot. It loves fruit, efpecially 

 Murucuja. 



$. VI. 



* The other Maracana of Marggrav. 



• 



THis is alfo a fort of Arara \_ he means by this word a Maccaw, for fo it feems the 

 Brafilians call Maccaws ~] but leffer, about the bignefs of a Parrot, It is of 

 the fhape of a Maccaw, [ Arara~] hath fuch a long Tail, a like Bill and skin about 

 the Eyes. The Bill is black 5 the skin about the Eyes white and lpeckled with black 

 feathers : The Eyes y ellowifh, the Pupil black. The whole Head, Neck, and Wings 

 are of a deep green as in Amurucurica : The top of the Head is more dilute, and in a 

 manner inclining to blue. The Tail confiftsof feathers above green, underneath of 

 a deep red, having their ends blue. The Wings likewife are read on the infide, 

 green on the outfide, having their ends blue. At the rife of each Wing it hatha 

 red fpot. At the rife of the Bill above it hath a dusky fpot. The Legs and Feet are 

 dusky. It cries Oe, Oe, Oe. 



Chap. III. 

 Ofmiddle-fizedTarrots, properly called Carrots and Toppinj ayes. 



$. I. 

 * The white crefied Parrot of Aldrovandus. 



IT was about thirteen inches long, as big as an ordinary young Pullet, or the grea- 

 teft fort of tame Pigeon. N. B. I here meafure the length from the tip of the Bill 

 to the end of the Wings, for mealiiring to the end of the Tail it is about eighteen 

 inches. Its Tail contrary to the manner of other Parrots, is not ftretched out di- 

 rectly backwards in length, but ere&ed after the falhion of the common Dunghill- 

 Cock^ and Hens. It hath an alh-coloured Bill, inclining to black, having wide open 

 Nofthrils near the Head, and riling up, with a round ridge or bunch between them. 

 The Tongue is broad and red: The Ir ides of theEyes yellow, the Pupil black. The 

 whole body cloathed with white feathers. The crown of the Head is adorned with 

 fair feathers, a handful and half high, bending fbmewhat backward, ending iniharp 

 points again refleded forwards, ten in number, as it were a creft. The Tail in like 

 manner is ere&ed on high, confining of a great many white feathers, nine inches long, 

 fuch as arefeen in the Tails of Dungkil-Cocks. The Legs and Feet are yellowilh ; The 

 Claws fmall, fcarce hooked and black. 



§. 11. 



The mofi common green Parrot having the ridge of the Wing red. Aldrov. 



THis is nothing lefs, if not bigger, than the white crejied Parrot, almoft fifteen 

 inches long, of the bulk of the greateft tame Pigion or a Pullet of the firft 

 year. [With us they are not ordinarily fo big.] The upper Chap of the Bill is 

 black at the point, then bluilh, the remainder being red 5 the lower Chap white : 

 The Im of the Eye of a Saffron colour, or rather red, the Pupil black : The crown 

 of the Head yellow: All the reft of the body is green, the under fide more dilute 

 and yellowilh 5 the Back and Wings darker, and the greateft and outmoft Pinion 

 feather inclining fomewhat to blue. Only the uppermoft ridge of the Wings is red 5 



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