OF .BIRDS. 
121 
MACAW. 
The Macaw is the largest of the parrot 
kind, and painted with the finest colours that 
nature can bestow. The Macaw of St. 
Domingo is of a fine red colour, except some 
blue and yellow feathers about tile wings, 
l’liese birds, though common enough in 
Europe, will not, however, breed here. The 
climate is too cold for their warm constitu- 
ll0| is; and though they endure our winter, 
when arrived at maturity, yet they always 
seem sensible of its rigour, and lose both 
their spirits and appetites during the colder 
pnrt of the season. The flesh of the Macaw 
is much esteemed as an article of food by 
the natives of the island. 
