OF BPD GR 5 
the tops of trees ; they line their nefts with feat 
thers, and lay two eggs. They have young 
ones twice a year; and the. little Maccaws 
have often two. fmall worms in their bie oo 
: _ which die of themfelves. 
‘Phe Savages of the Antilles, (which are iflands 
in the Atlantic Ocean, near Ameérica,) watch 
the moment when they are eating the fruit which 
has fallen from the trees, and on a fudden they 
thout and clap their hands, and make a very 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: on 
Bo. Grume 
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