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BLUE AND YELLOW JIACCAW. 
eggs, which never exceed two in number, in the 
hollow trunks of decayed trees, and generally have 
two broods in the year. Both sexes are reported to 
sit alternately upon the eggs, and are equally assi- 
duous in cherishing and conveying food to the young. 
When taken at an early age, they are easily tamed, 
but their imitative powers are not equal to those of 
the Grey Parrot, and it is seldom that they can be 
taught to articulate clearly, or more than a few 
words. Their natural notes are very unpleasant to 
the ear, consisting of loud and piercing screams, in- 
terrupted with hoarse croaking murmurs. Living 
specimens of this species are sometimes seen caged 
in England. A very fine one is completely domes- 
ticated at Dr Neill’s, Canonmills (near Edinburgh), 
and allowed the freedom of several apartments : when 
desirous of being noticed, it calls out “ Robert,” the 
name of its earliest master, very distinctly ; but it 
has not acquired more than one other conventional 
sound. Beautiful examples may be studied in the 
aviaries of the Zoological Gardens. Our next figure 
represents another species very nearly related to the 
Scarlet Maccaw : it is the 
