_Les Arras_ Du Tertre, Hist. gen. des Antilles Vol. II p. 248 (1667).
_Ara Rouge_ D'Aubenton, Pl. Enl. 12 (1779).
_Ara guadaloupensis_ Clark, Auk, XXII, p. 272 (1905).
Du Tertre gives the following description:--"The Arras is a sort of Parrot
bigger than all the others. This is proved because those of Guadaloupe are
larger than all the other Parrots, both those from the Islands as well as
from the Mainland; while this Arras is larger than these by one third. It
has the head, the neck, the belly and the back of the colour of fire; its
wings are a mixture of yellow azure, and crimson feathers; while the tail
is entirely red and a foot-and-a-half long."
Macaws of this colouration are mentioned by Du Tertre, De Rochefort, and
others of the older authors as being found on Guadaloupe, Dominica and
Martinique, and Mr. Clark has united them under one name. This I feel sure
is wrong, and I believe each of the three islands had a distinct species of
Red Macaw, so I confine this name to the Guadaloupe form.
Habitat: Guadaloupe.
No specimen existing.