. The royal natural history. one of the handsomest. In this species the generalcolour of both the upper and under-jmrts is vermilion red, while the upperwing-coverts are chrome-yellow: the lower part of the back, the rump, upper andlower tail-coverts, together with the quills of the wings being blue. The tail-feathers are scarlet, with more or less blue at their tips (except in the centralpair) and on their outer edges, the outermost being almost wholly blue. Beneath,both the tail and wing-feathers are golden-red, while the greater and upper medianwing-coverts, as well as the scapulars, are ye
. The royal natural history. one of the handsomest. In this species the generalcolour of both the upper and under-jmrts is vermilion red, while the upperwing-coverts are chrome-yellow: the lower part of the back, the rump, upper andlower tail-coverts, together with the quills of the wings being blue. The tail-feathers are scarlet, with more or less blue at their tips (except in the centralpair) and on their outer edges, the outermost being almost wholly blue. Beneath,both the tail and wing-feathers are golden-red, while the greater and upper medianwing-coverts, as well as the scapulars, are yellow tipped with green. In size tliissplendid bird attains a total length of 3 feet, nearly 2 of which are taken up bythe tail. Its range is large, extending from Mexico to Guiana and the AmazonValley. In marked contrast to the above, is the coloration of the blue and yellowmacaw (A. ararcmna), depicted at the top of our Plate. In this bird whilethe upper surface of the body, wings, and tail is blue, almost the wliole of the. ^jtt**^*- HEAD OF MACAW. CONURES. 115 under-parts are yellow, while the tliroat is marked by a broad black gorget. The crown of the head is grass-green; and the contrast of the light blue of the feathers of the back with the dark blue of the quills of the wings is very pleasing. This species, which is smaller than the last, is also widely distributed in tropical America, ranging from Panama to the Amazon Valley. A third type of coloration is presented b}^ the still smaller military macaw {A. onilitaris), in which, as in the majority of the species, the prevalent tint is green. The forehead is, however, scarlet, while the lower part of the back, the rump, and the upper tail-coverts are light blue. Blue also appears on the (juills of the wings, as well as on the primar}^ and outermost greater wing-coverts: while in the tail the four middle feathers are brownish red tipped with blue above, and the outer ones largely blue. The length of this species is only 27
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