Macaw
the popular name for any member of the South American family Araidæ, and more strictly of the genus Ara (Brisson), or Macrocercus (Vieillot). The macaws are remarkable for their size and the beauty of their plumage. They are less docile than the true parrots, can rarely be taught to articulate more than a few words, and their cry is harsh and disagreable. The scarlet macaw, Ara macao, is a very handsom bird; the principal color is bright-red, with blue rump, vent, tail coverts, and quills, and greenish-blue and yellow wing coverts, tail, two-thirds of whole length blue and crimson. The red and blue macaw, A. aracanga, resembles the first species, but the middle of the wing coverts is bright yellow. The green macaw, A. militaris, has lively green plumage, MACAW TREE MCCALL Bethlehem, putting to death Hyrcanus, was inoffensive, pious, and the high priest. lower back, upper tail, and wing coverts blue, the under surface orange-yellow. the last scion of the house, though he The blue and yellow macaw, A. ararauna, is one of the handsomest of the genus.