Some Notes on Jackson's Whi/aahs. 
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The habitual single note which both sexes make use of 
constantly, difl'ers in the case of each sex, and the cocks have, 
even when out of colour, what they call a song, which at onoe 
identifies them. 
When coming into colour, moulting only seems to take 
place in the head, neck, and tail ; these feathers are replaced 
by the rulV on the neck and long l>lack tail, the feathers of 
Left to right : Photo by G. E. Low. 
1 — Jackson's Whydah, cock out of colour. 
2 — Wedge-tailed Glossy Starling. 
3 — Jackson's Whydah, hen. 
4 — Jackson's Whydah, in full colour. 
which spread vertically, not horizontally as in the undress tail. 
The rest of the feathers appear to gradually turn black, except 
the wings, which retain a certain amount of the undress 
colour. 
As they have insufficient space in my small aviary, no 
attempt has been made to breed, but the cocks beat down the 
grass in a circle in one spot, after the manner of their kind, 
leaving a tuft in the centre. 
With them I have only the Wedge-tailed Glossy Starling 
and Bullock's Hangnest, which appear ia the illustrations, and 
I would much rather place the Whydahs, who seem peaceably 
