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helpless nestling, for the ornament can appeal to no one 

 but the little bird's own parents. Another instance in 

 which a young bird has a coloured wattle at the gape, 

 which disappears in the adult, is that of the Red-tailed 

 Weaver-Finch (Erythrura cyanovirens) of Samoa. 



The palate. The bead-like wattles on the gape. 



Ornamental markings in the nestling of the Gouldian Weaver-Finch (from the specimen 

 bred by Mr. H. St. Quintin, and described by Dr. A. G. Butler in the ' Avicultural 

 Magazine ' for November 1898;. 



