BRASILIA^ GREEN MACCAW. 397 



the notion as totally absurd, unless by absolutely 

 dying or painting the feathers. 



BRASILIAN GREEN MACCAW. 



Psittacus severus. P. viridis, genis nudism fronfe fusco-purpureo^ 

 remigibus rectricibusque cceruleis subtus fusco-riibentibus. 



Green Maccaw, with naked cheeks, purple- brown front, and blue 

 wing and tail-feathers dusky-red beneath. 



Psittacus severus. P. macrourus viridis, genis nudis, remigibus 

 rectricibusque cceruleis subtus purpurascentibus. Lin. Syst, Nat» 



Brasilian Green Maccaw. Edw. pi. 22g, Lath, syn, 



Maracana. Marcgr. Bras. Will, orn, 



L'Ara vert. Buff. ois. 



L'Ara Marakana. Levaill. Perr. pi. 8. 9. 



L'Ara verd du Bresil. PI, Enl. 383. 



General length about seventeen inches : size 

 that of a tame pigeon : habit similar to that of 

 the Military Maccaw : colour fine green ; the bend 

 of the shoulders, and whole underside both of wings 

 and tail red : quill-feathers and some of the larger 

 coverts fine blue : tail green above, but growing 

 blue at the tips; the two middle feathers blue 

 throughout their whole length on the outer edges: 

 bill black, with flesh-coloured cere : orbits pale 

 flesh-coloured, with a few minute scattered black 

 plumes : feathers round the bill, both above and 

 beneath, blackish : irides yellow : legs black, with 

 ^ feathery red zone round the bottom of the thighs: 

 native of Brasil, where, according to Monsr. Le^ 

 y^ill^lit, it is extremely common^ appearing ip 



