BRIGHT-HUED PETS OF CAGE AND AVIARY 



) National Geographic Society 



IN WHYDAH SOCIETY, IT'S THE MALE THAT WEARS THE "TRAIN" 

 With a body no bigger than a sparrow's, the graceful Paradise Whydah (upper right, above its 

 modest mate) tows a flowing tail that may reach a foot in length. On the ground rests the Combasou, 

 a feathered Jekyll-and-Hyde whose winter suit (left) is as plain as that of the female (right), while in 

 summer it is clad in dressy bluish black (middle). In the center are the brilliant Red-billed Weaver 

 (left) and the Orange Weaver, both of the family whose name derives from their elaborately inter- 

 woven nests. 



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