BRIGHT-HUED PETS OF CAGE AND AVIARY 



(C; iSdtional Oeogidphic .^uciety 



THEIR GAY GARB MORE THAN MAKES Ul' 



FOR FEEBLE SONG 



Fluttering against the cage bars is a White-headed Nun from the Netherlands Indies and the 

 Malay Peninsula. Perched on the upper branches are the Browx-ereasted Nun (left) and the Black- 

 headed Nun. To the lower branches cling the Three-colored Nun (full face) from India and Ceylon, 

 the Cutthroat Finch (left center), and the lovely Cordon Bleu (blue underparts). In the water 

 splash the tiny Zebra Waxbill (above) and the Common Waxeill (left). The long-lived Bronze Nun 

 rests on the pool's brink. 



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