of the Ifthmus of America. $ l 



Indies let the Dogs eat of them. The In- 

 dians fhoot down all thefe Birds with their 

 Arrows. 



They have Parrots good ftore i fome Parrots, 

 Blue, and fome Green, for Shape and Size 

 like the generality of the Parrots we have 

 from Jamaica. There is here great va- 

 riety of them , and they are very good 

 Meat. 



They have alfo many Parakites, moft Parages* 

 of them Green 5 generally mych the fame 

 as in other places. They don't fort with 

 the Parrots, but go in large Flights by 

 themfelves. 



Macaw-birds are here alfo in great plen- 

 ty. Tis fhap'd not much unlike a Parrot, ir s " 

 but.is as large again as the biggeft of them. 

 It has a Bill like a Hawks, and a bufhy Tail 

 with two or three long ftragling Feathers, 

 all Red or Blue : The Feathers all over the 

 Body are of feveral very bright and lovely 

 .Colours, Blue, Green and Red. The Pini- 

 ons of the Wings of fome of them are all 

 Red, of others all Blue, and the Beaks 

 Yellow. JThey make a great noile in a 

 Morning, very hoarfe and deep, like Men 

 who fpeak much in the Throat. The In- 

 dians keep thefe Birds tame, as we do Par- 

 rots or Magpies : But after they have kept 

 them clofe fome time, and taught them to 

 fpeak fome Words in their Language, they 

 fuffer them to go abroad in the Day-time 

 4 ' ' into 



