Whydahs. 
11 
only, and then parted with it. W hile in my possession it proved 
extremely tame, and woidd sit on the hand to be fed. In th? 
])hotoi.;raph which 1 took, it can he seen sitting' contentedly on 
somehody's hand, and (juite unconcerned under the ordeal of 
heinin" " snai)ped." 
Its food, while with me, consisted of any insects or 
si)iders 1 could catch, lixe ants" egg's, tiny mealworms, usually 
cut up, and hard boiled eggs crumbled. Nobody ever saw it 
partake of the insect food, but it hugely appreciated a small twig 
of a rose tree, co\ ered with aphides. 
Dainty and interesting as it was, I do not think I shall 
keej) another one in captivity. I am glad, however, to have been 
able to study the l)ir(l under the conditions and certainly, when, 
during a country ranible, 1 come across any of these little birds, 
or discover their " little grey home " in the nesting" season, 1 
always pause and admire their gay and sprightly demeanour and 
the beauty of the nest and the architect. 
0^-¥^ 
Whydahs. 
By Dr. E. Hopkinson. D.S.O. 
(I"or the meaning- of abbreviations u.sed in tliis list 7'idc page i86, last V'ol.j. 
(Cuiitiiiitcd fruni p. 204 — last I 'ol.) 
WHITE-WINGED WHYDAH. 
Coliostniiliits olboiwtata. H.L. v. 411. 
Synonomy. 
I 
White-winged W idow-bird. Natal W hite-W'inged W'hydah. 
II 
I'liluti alhoiiolaia. Cassin. i84<S. I rohracliva alhuitolaiit (lip. 
1850). 
I'ciiilicfria alboiiutata (F. and H. 1870). and Cat. Jig. 
C olluspasscr alhouotatns (Sh. 1886). 
