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RED AND BLUE MACCAW, 
and abdomen, are vermilion -red. The middle wing- 
coverts are bright yellow, tipped with bluish-green. 
The spurious wing, the secondaries, and greater 
quills, are of a deep azure-blue ; the lower back, 
rump, upper and under tail-coverts, are pale azure 
and ultramarine blue. The four intermediate or 
longest tail-feathers are deep vermilion-red, the next 
feather on each side is red and blue, the remainder 
are wholly blue. The under surface of all the tail- 
feathers is deep red. The irides are primrose-yel- 
low; the legs and feet are blackish-grey, the scales 
are divided or marked by mealy white lines. It is 
a species apparently widely distributed throughout 
the intertropical parts of America, being found in 
Guiana, Surinam, and parts of Mexico. Its ha- 
bits resemble those of the Blue and Yellow Maccaw, 
being found in similar situations, and feeding upon 
the Palmettoes or Borassi which abound in the over- 
flowed savannahs of South America. They build 
in the holes of decayed trees, enlarging them when 
too narrow, and line the interior with feathers. They 
hatch, as do most of the tropical species, twice in 
the year, laying each time two spotted eggs, which 
are incubated alternately by both sexes. The great 
size, and gorgeous plumage of this bird, places it 
among the most imposing of its race ; and in avi- 
aries, or living collections of the Psittacidce, it forms 
a prominent and striking feature. It is, however, 
only in such situations as the Zoological Gardens, 
that we can admire and contemplate its beauty with 
