Of thefe ncwly-difcovcred birds, one of die moil xti-- 
guff in its appearance is that reprefented on the plate 
annexed. In fize it is equal to the great Maccaws 
already fo well known to Naturalifts ; but it belongs 
to a different feetioil in the genus, and inftead of being 
furnifhed with a lanceolate tail, as in thofe birds, it has 
that part even at the end, or confifting of feathers of 
nearly equal length. 
The general color of this bird is a deep black : the 
bead is very full of feathers, and flightly crefted, and is 
commonly marked in front with feveral buff-coloured 
fpots, owing to the tips of the feathers on that part 
being of this colour. Several fpots of buff are alfo fcat- 
tered over the fhoulders, and in fome fpecimens the 
fides and thighs are flightly barred with narrow fafeiae 
of buff. The bill is of a deep brown, or .horn-color, 
and is uncommonly large and ftrong. The legs and 
feet are thick and flout, and of nearly the fame colour 
with the bill. The tail is moft beautifully barred with 
deep fcarlet and black ; the firft being the ground or 
predominant color, on which the latter is difpofed in 
numerous fafeite. Near the fhafts of the feathers on 
each fide* the fcarlet gradually declines into yellow: at 
the bafe and tip the tail is wholly black. 
The whole bird is. of fo fuperior a magnificence as 
juffly to be regarded as one of the fineft of its tribe. It 
is fubjedt to fome variation, and in fome fpecimens the 
fcarlet on the tail, inftead of being barred with black, 
rforms one large tranfverfe band in the middle. 
