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With more or less long and pointed tails, 



SCARLET MACCAW. 



Psittacus Macao. P. coccineus, alis cceruleiSf tectricibus luteo- 

 variis, genis nudis rugosis albis. 



Scarlet Maccaw, with blue wings, wing-coverts varied with yel- 

 low, and white naked wrinkled cheeks. 



Psittacus Macao. P. macrourus rubers remigibus supra ccerulciSt 

 sub f us riifis, genis nudis rugosis. Lin. Syst. Nat, 



L'Ara rouge. Buff, ois. PI. EnL 12. 



Le petit Ara rouge ? Buf. ois. PI. Enl. 641. 



Red and blue Maccaw. Edw. pi. 158. Lath. syn. 



L'Ara Canga. Levaill. Perr. pi, 2. 



L'Ara Macao. Levaill. Perr. pi. 1. 



L'Ara tricolor ? Levaill. Perr. pL 3, 



Psittacus Macao. Lath. ind. orn, 



Psittacus Aracanga. Lath. ind. orn. 



The Scarlet Maccaw, by far the most mag- 

 nificent of the whole Parrot tribe, is a native of 

 South America and of some of the larger West- 

 Indian islands, where it resides in woods, and 

 feeds, like all the rest of this vast and splendid 

 genus of birds, on various kinds of fruit. Its 

 plumage is accurately described by the ingenious 

 Edwards, who selected for this purpose a specimen 

 in the highest state of perfection. The best figure 

 extant is also that . of Edwards, which, in the true 

 expression of character, far surpasses that given in 

 the Planches Enluminees of Daubenton. 



" This bird, says Edwards, is undoubtedly the 

 first of the Parrot kind, if we consider either its 



