64 WHIDAH BIRD. 



in an earthen pan, add two handfuls of 

 barley, or wheat flour, and mix the whole 

 well together ; the paste should be made 

 fresh every morning. 



This bird will not breed in confinement. 

 In a wild state, their song is given as they 

 rise almost perpendicularly in the air, until 

 lost from sight in the blue vault above. 



WHIDAH BIRD. 



(Emberiza Paradiseay Liifu.) 



This beautiful and rare species comes from 

 Angola, and other parts of Africa ; and is par- 

 ticularly common in the kingdom of Whidah, 

 or India in Guinea, and hence it takes its 

 name. 



This bird moults twice in the year. At 

 the first, which takes place in November, 

 the male loses its long tail for six months. The 

 other takes place in the spring, but the tail 

 feathers do not attain their full length till 

 July. 



These birds are very lively, and constantly 

 in motion, always waving their long tails up 

 and down, often arranging their feathers, and 

 amusing themselves with bathing. Their 

 feeble song, though somewhat melancholy, 

 is however very agreeable. They should be 

 fed on canary and millet seed, and some 

 green food. 



