Favourite Foreign Birds. 



wing-coverts and the upper tail-coverts, which have a 

 yellowish tinge. 



The female is brownish-grey, but her beak resembles 

 that of the male; the legs and feet of both sexes are 

 lead-colour. 



While the Paradise Whydah is a quiet, peaceable 

 bird, the Pin-tail is a very quarrelsome and disagree- 



FIG. 37. THE PIN-TAILED WHYDAH. 



able inmate of the aviary, where he leads all the 

 other birds a sad life, worrying and pursuing even 

 those that are more than twice his size. 



As in the case of the preceding species, the Pin- 

 tailed Whydah only wears his distinctive garb during 

 the breeding season, assuming at other times the 

 appearance of the female. 



