. A natural history of foreign birds . 24 l. THE macaw is the largest of the parrot kind,painted with the finest colour Nature can bestcThe beak is uncommonly strong; and theproportionally longer than that of any parrclis voice is fierce and tremendous, and seeto utter the word Arara, which occasionedgoing by that name in its native countries,macaw of St, Domingo, and other islands in tWest Indies, has the head, neck, belly, and upfpart of the back, of a fiery red colour; and twings are a mixture of yellow, blue, and crimscfeathers. The tail is entirely red, and a foot ana half long.
. A natural history of foreign birds . 24 l. THE macaw is the largest of the parrot kind,painted with the finest colour Nature can bestcThe beak is uncommonly strong; and theproportionally longer than that of any parrclis voice is fierce and tremendous, and seeto utter the word Arara, which occasionedgoing by that name in its native countries,macaw of St, Domingo, and other islands in tWest Indies, has the head, neck, belly, and upfpart of the back, of a fiery red colour; and twings are a mixture of yellow, blue, and crimscfeathers. The tail is entirely red, and a foot ana half long. It lives upon seeds and fruits, aisometimes feeds upon machineel apples, whicha deadly poison to all other animals. The maa^d the female always keep together, and ma!a hole in a tree for the female to lay her eggs iwhich they line with a few fealhers. She onlays two eggs, about the size of those of a pigeoand spotted like those of a partridge. 25
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