ii2 Favourite Foreign Birds. 



These very handsome birds necessarily require a 

 large cage, in order to preserve their strikingly- 

 ornamental caudal appendage; and, placed in a large 

 aviary, in perfect plumage, the graceful flight of the 

 bird, with his long sweeping tail, is a sight of great 



FIG. 36. THE PARADISE WHYDAH. 



beauty. When feeding on the ground, the Whydah- 

 bird carries his tail very carefully in a graceful 

 curve, the tips of the long feathers just touching the 

 ground, while the active feet scratch the sand, or mould, 

 something after the fashion of the poultry tribe. 



