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THE GREAT GREEN MACCAW. 
Macrocercus militaris. 
PLATE V. 
Sittace militaris, Wagler in Abhand. <Jr.,p. 668. — Psittacus 
militaris, Auct L’Ara Militaire, et le Grand Ara Mili- 
taire, Le Vaillanl, 1. c. p. 1 1, t. 4, et 1. c. p. 15, t. 6. — Great 
Green Maccaw, Edw. pi. 13. 
In this beautiful species, the ground or prevailing 
colour of the plumage becomes more assimilated to 
that of the great body of the long-tailed division, 
than some of its congeners, for, with the exception 
of the forehead, the region of the eyes, the lower 
back, wings, and tail, the remainder is of a fine and 
lively green. Edwards, in his valuable work, “ The 
Gleanings of Natural History,” seems to have first 
figured and described this Maccaw, which, though 
ignorant of at the time, he rightly conjectured to be 
an American bird. It is now ascertained to be a 
native of Mexico and Peru, inhabiting the warmer 
districts of the Andean Chain, and attaining to an 
elevation of about 3000 feet. According to Wagler, 
its habits differ considerably from those of its con- 
geners, as it does not confine itself to the recesses of 
