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Edwards, George, 1694-1773. / Gleanings of natural history, containing figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, etc
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Chap. CIII. Pla. 313 The great green maccaw; Le gros arras vert, pp. 224-225
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( 224) CH A P. CIII. The Great Green Maccaw. TI- I S is a Bird of the firil magnitude arnongft Parrots, as may be judged by the out-line (on the plate) of the head, as bi, as life. The wing, when clofed, was about thirteen inches long: the mid- dle feather of the tail was fifteen inches long. The head was large in proportion to the Bird: the bill was of a duIlky colour, pretty ilrong; the upper mandible pretty much hlooked, having angles on each fide; the tongue duiky, round, and foft; the no- itrils finall, placed in a narrow whitifh ikin, that wholly furrounded the bill. On -each fide of the head was a pretty broad portion of fkIn, bare of feathers, of a ieffh-colour, with feveral oblique lines un- -ter the eyes, compofed of minute black feathers. The eyes are placed in there bare parts or the head: their irides are brighlt yellow, the pupils black. The fore- head, adjoinin, to the bill, is covered with beautiful red keathers: a little duiky ied is feen under the bill, minxing with the green feathers. The top of the head, whole neck, breaft, and feathers of the wings, are of a fine full green colour: the green coverts beneath the tail are a little mixed with red: the quills, and part of the row of feathers above them, are of a very fine fky-blue, except a few next the back, which gradually become green : the infides of the wings, and the under fide of the t1il, are of a dirty orange-colour: the middle ,of the back, the rump, and coverts on the tdi , are 4f a fine blue: the middle feathers P LA. 3i3. Le Gros Arras Vert. C E ' ojeaau tient le premier rang pour la gro/2eur parmi les Perroquets, comme l'on peut juger par le contour de la tete fur la planche, qui .et de la grandeur natu- relle. L'aile avoit treize pouces de longueur, dtant fcrmee: la plume du milieu de la queuW e'toit longue de quinze pouces. La tetc e'toitgrofre a proportion de l'oifeau: le bec etoit d'une couleurfinilre, aqfez frt; et la mandibule fuperieure e'toit confiderable- mentcrochue, ayantdes anglesdechaquecote: la langue etoit noiratre, ronde, et molle: 1es narines etioient petites, et ench/aj/7es dans une peau etroite et blanchatre, qui entouroit tout le bec. De chaque cote de la tete eltoit Umne porti'on depeau afez large, couleur de chair, denue'e de plurnes; ily avoit plqy/I'u rs lignes ob- lzigfues fous lesyeux,/fornmees par des plumnes fortf petites et noires. Les yeuxont places dans des eyipaces denues de plumnes: leur iris e~l d'un jaune eclatant, et les prunelles jomzt noires. Le front pres de la tete ey couvert de belles plumes rouges; on entreqv oit tuel- que peu de rouge a/ez famhre, fe melantfius le bec avec les plurmes vertes. Le fJmmmet de la tete, tout le cou, la poitrine, et en ge- neral tout le cote inferieur du corps, comme a, & le kaut du dos, et les couvertures des ailes, fint d'un beau 'vert J.:ns xelage; mais le vcrt des counvertures au de/oias de la yueue ej unz pe mnele' avec dut roug4 Ics pennes, et qu'elyues dies plumes rangees au dejiis d'clles, Jont d'un bel azur, excepte I un petit nombre de plumes pres du dos, qui s'approchentgradluellenzent au vert: le dedalis des ailes et le deJ'ßus de la 9ueuQe Jrt d'znw I
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