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articulate words, but also sing verses of songs ; and their 
memory is astonishing. They bite or pinch very hard, 
and some of them possess so much strength in their beak, 
that they could easily break a man's finger in two, through 
the bone. The Parrot is sensible of attachment, as well 
as of revenge ; and if they show, in their mimic attitudes, 
great pleasure at the sight of their feeders, they also fly 
up with anger to the face of those who once have affronted 
or injured them. 
THE MACCAW (Psittacus, or Macrocercus aracanga,) 
Is the largest of the parrot tribe, and painted with the 
finest colours Nature can bestow. The beak is uncom- 
monly strong ; and the tail proportionally longer than 
that of any of the parrots. Its voice is fierce and tremu- 
lous, sometimes sounding like the laugh of an old man ; 
and it seems to utter the word " Arara," which occasions 
its bearing that name in its native country. The Maccaw 
of St. Domingo is of a fine red colour, except some blue 
and yellow feathers about the wings. The flesh of this 
bird, like that of the parrots, is much esteemed as an arti- 
cle of food in that island. 
