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the throat is furrounded by a band of a 

 black colour, 



The Red and Blue Mackaw is of the 

 fize of a hen, with a long tail in form 

 of a wedge, Its upper mandible is 

 black and white ; the lower is iritirely 

 black: the cheeks are naked, with 

 wrinkles; and the wings are blue a-* 

 bove, but reddifh beneath : among the 

 covert feathers are feveral qf a yellow 

 colour : the prime middle feathers on 

 the tail are red, and thofe or* the fides 

 are blue. 



The Red and Yellow Mackaw is 

 fomewhat lefs than the former, and 

 fomewhat rare even in Guiana* to which 

 it is peculiar. Both mandibles of its 

 beak are black : the feathers on the 

 back and upper part of the wings are 

 yellow thofe on the top of the head 

 and on the breaft are red ; and the long 



feathers. 



