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the tops of trees; they line their nefts with fea- 
thers, and lay two eggs. ‘They have young 
ones twice a year; and the little Maccaws 
have often two fmall worms in their noftrils, 
which die of themfelves. 
The Savages of the Antilles, (which are iflands 
in the Atlantic Ocean, near America,) watch 
the moment when they are eating the fruit which 
has fallen from the trees, and ona fudden they 
fhout and clap their hands, and make a ve ery loud 
-noife; the Maccaws, terrified, forget the ufe of 
their wings, and fuffer themfelves to be taken. 
The Indians wear their feathers in their ears, and 
in their caps, and fometimes in their nofes. 
If a fmall quantity of parfley be given to a 
Maccaw, it occafions a thick matter, like glue, 
to run from his beak, and he dies in an hour or 
two afterwards. 
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