Whydahs. 
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Ran'cf,. N.E. Africa (Al)yssinia, Shoa). 
A very occasion;illv imported s]iecies, of wliich Riiss even 
had heard of oiilv two s])eciniens i;: (:a])tivity in his time, and 
from the al)sence of records it does not seem to ha\e i^'ot any 
c;)nnnoner since. The i)hnna,L;'e of tlie atUilt male is all ]>lack, 
set off hy yellow patches at the ani;les of the win.s^s. 
0 
REICnFA'( )\VS VF.MJ )\V-S1!( iri^DEREO WlTVnAH. 
I'fiitliclrii'f'sis soror. II.R. v. 412, 
Synonomy. 
Pciitlictriu suror. Reich. 1887. I'riiilictr'wpsls sonir (Sharpe. 
1890. Cat. p. 2_'3). Coliiishasscr soror (Sii. ]8g6). 
R.wcK. Efpiatoiial .Africa (\ ictoria Nyanza). 
Rkkkrkxcks. Sh. iv. 53. Plate 24. 9. 
This, Captain Shelley says, is the 1-Cqnatorial representa- 
tive of the preceding;-, of wliich it is merely a smaller edition. It 
is not yet known in captivity, l)ut appears to be common locally 
in its native country. 
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J A ( • K' .SON' S W En' D AH . 
Ih-cpaiwplccics jacksum. EEE. v. 412. 
Synonomy. 
Ih'cl^aiioj^Icclcs jacksoiii (.Shar])e. i8()r), C ulitis passer jacksuiii. 
(Shelley. iStjfji. CoHiispusxcr iiu-ks(>)ii (She]]ey. 1005). 
Ri;i'i;kKN'CKs. Shar|)e. I his. 1801. 246. Plate, v. Sh. iv. 55 
l\ \\(;i:. [""(piatorial Africa (X'ictoria Nyanza). British 
K. .\frica (Machakos to Lake I'arini^o). 
Jackson's W hydah is (pn'te a recent addition to aviculture, 
as tlie lirst specimens to be ini|)()rted ali\ e into the United King- 
dom were those received by the Zoo in [Qio. In spite of this 
however, there is a ^ood deal more on record about it than there 
is al)out many of the other lont^er-known species. The dance 
and displays of the males, which take place in chosen spots in 
