242 STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE 



feathets to adorn themselves ; its bill is very large and of an 

 uncommonly thick substance. 



The red and blue mackaw is about the size of a hen. The 

 feathers on the upper side of the wing are blue, those on the 

 under are red ; the tail is red in the middle and blue on the 

 sides, and shaped somewhat like a wedge ; its cheeks are 

 without feathers ; the upper mandible of black and white, the 

 lower black. 



The red and yellow mackaw is peculiar to Guyana, and is 

 rather less than a common hen. It is covered with yellow 

 feathers on the back and upper part of the wings, with blue 

 and red on the tail, and with red on the top of the head and 

 breast ; the colour of the whole beak is black. This bird is 

 not very common even here. 



The acushe is the largest parrot found here, and is very 

 common in Demerary. The feathers of its body are of a 

 beautiful green colour, those on the top of the head are red, 

 and the upper parts of the wings are edged with red ; it has a 

 long tail, of red, green, and blue feathers, with a long, 

 slender, flesh-coloured bill. 



Beside these, we have a great number and variety of the 

 parrot kind, of which I could not give distinct ideas without 



