Whydahs. 
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so weak, however, when I started, that it never had a real 
cliance and died a few days later. 
In Au,i;ust the hen went to nest a,^■ain; this time I had 
l)rovided a half coco-nut husk cemented into a small box, in 
which she laid five e,L:.L;s. I was away at the time the young 
were due, but I believe that all the eggs hatched on this occasion. 
On my return I only found one dead chick some five days old, 
and the remains of the egg" shells lying about the aviary; shortly 
after this the birds began to moult. They have since then been 
presented to the Zoological Society by their late owner and can 
be seen in the Small Birds' House. They are of course very rare 
in Avicultm-e and extremely handsome birds, hardly as striking 
as the Occipital Blue Pie, and less attractive than the Blue- 
winged Magpie, whose chief charm lies in its diminutiveness; 
still they make very charming pets, are extraordinary interest- 
ing, and I would have given much to have had another chance of 
breeding them successfully next season. 

Whydahs. 
By Dr. E. Hopkinson. D.S.O. 
(C outinucd from page i8). 
For meaning of abbreviations Ubed in this list vide page i86 last Vol. 
HEUGLIN'S FAN-TAILED WHVDAH. 
U robrach\a pJiocnicca. H.L. v. 413. 
Synonomy. 
Colluspasscr phocnicca. Heugl. 1856. lldiia phocnicca (Gray. 
1870). Urobrachya phocnicca {Cs.h. \d>?>2) SiCsit. Pcn- 
thetria phocnicca. (Reichenow. 1887). 
L'rubrachya phocnicca media. Reichenow. 1904. 
U . axillaris (nec. Smith). Iveichenbach. 1861. 
Vidua axillaris (Heugl. 1867). Pcnthctria axillaris (Heugl. 1870). 
P. (Urobrachya ) axillaris (Fiscli. 1884). Coliits passer 
axillaris (Sh. 1888). 
U. traversii (nec Salvad). Flower. 1900. 
References. Singv. 64. Plate. 29. fig. 228. Sh. iv. 65. 
Range. N. E. & Equatorial Africa (White Nile, south to 
Uhehe). 
