EPx-ASlLIAN GREEN MACCAW. 
The reader, who has seen what Edwards 
really says on the occasion, will perceive that 
BufFon does not always quote with any great 
regard to accuracy. 
We had,'' continues BufFon, a Green 
Maccaw alive. It was presented by M. Sonini 
Dc Manoncour ; who procured it, at Cayenne, 
from the savages of Oyapoc, where it was 
caught in it's nest. It's length, from the tip 
of the bill, to the end of the tail, is about six- 
teen inches. The body, both above and be- 
low, is green ; which, according to the posi- 
tion, is golden and sparkling, or deep olive. 
The great and small quills of the wing are 
beryl blue, on a brown ground, and the under- 
side copper-coloured. The under side of the 
tail is the same ; and the upper side painted with 
beryl blue, melting into olive green. The 
green on the head is brighter and less mixed 
with olive than that on the rest of the body. 
At the base of t1ie upper mandible, on the face, 
there is a black border of small linear feathers 
tiiat resemble bristles. The white naked skin 
tliat surrounds the eyes, is sprinkled wilh small 
pencils of the same black bristles, ranged in 
rows. The iris of the eye is yellowish. 
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