Why daks. ztj^j 



Mr. Tescheniaker in A.M. 1910. writes (p. 90J that he had 

 been informed that this species had been bred in confinement by 

 a (jerman residing in Sydney( AustraHa). 



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FISCHER'S SHAFT-TAILED WHYDAH. 

 Linura fischeri. (H.L. v. 409). 



Synonomy. 



II 

 L'lnnra f.schcri. Reichen. 1882. Vidua fischeri. (Shelley. 1886). 

 Range. N.E. and E. Africa. 



Referknci.s. Reiclieiiow. I. fur Ornith. i^'Sj. PI. ii. fig. i. 

 Sh. iv. 13. 



This Whydah appears to be unknown as a cage-bird and 

 I also find but little recorded on its wild life, — of the nest and 

 eggs, nil. Its chief difference from the Pin-tailed and Shaft- 

 tailed VVhydahs is that the four narrow elongated tail feathers 

 are in this species buff, not black. 



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PARADISE WHYDAH. 



Steganura paradisca. (H.L. v. 409). 



Synonomy. 



I 



Paradise Widow. * Widow of Paradise. 



Whidah Bird (Lth). * Whidaw Widow. * Widah Bunting. 



* Red-breasted Long-tailed Finch (Edw). 



Broad-shafted Whidah Bird. * Broad-shafted Whydah-finch 



(Sw). 

 " Shaft-tailed Whydah," occ. dealers' name, teste Gedney. 



