130 BIRD-KEEPER'S MANUAL. 



CRIMSON-COLLARED WHIDAH. 



This is another beautiful species, rather larger 

 than the former, and the tail is differently shaped. 

 In this bird the middle feather is the shortest, the 

 tail being forked ; round the upper part of the 

 breast there is also a rich band of orange crimson. 

 The plumage of this bird, both above and below, 

 is of a jet glossy black, the side-feathers of the 

 tail are six inches long. 



RED-BILLED WHIDAH. 



The tail of this species differs from the two pre- 

 ceding ; it is square like another bird's, and of a 

 moderate length, except the four middle feathers, 

 which are long, and so formed, that when closed, 

 they have the appearance of one single feather. 

 It is rather smaller in size than the first men- 

 tioned ; the upper part of the head and back are 

 a deep glossy black ; on the neck a white stripe, 

 and towards the tail is white ; there is also a 

 large spot of the same color on the wings, the 

 lower parts are pure white. This and the pre- 

 ceding species are also brought from Africa; 

 they live upon seeds, and are fine songsters. 



