BLUE AND YELLOW MACAW. 
This grand and beautiful bird, the Psitta- 
cus, Ararauna of LinniEus, is by Buffon cal- 
led the blue Ara, and by Edwards, and other 
English naturalists, the Blue .and Yellow Ma- 
caw. 
BuiFon says, it is easy to describe this bird : 
the upper side of the body, the wings, and the 
tail, are entirely azure, and the under side is 
a fine yellow. This yellow is rich and vivid, 
and the blue is glossy and sparkling.. The In- 
dians admire them greatly, and celebrate their 
beauty in songs ; the usual burden of which is — 
" Canidejouve, Canide Jouve, heura oncebe." 
Yellow Bird, Yellow Bird, how charming ! 
We are of opinion, that BufFon had better 
have called it, like these Indians, the Yellow, 
than the Blue Ara, or Macaw, if he was 
averse to taking both predominating colours ; 
since the Red Macaw has also a predominating 
Blue, and is called the Red and Blue Macaw^ 
by Edwards and other naturalists. 
According 
