DISPLAY BY THE MALE. 
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4 Up 
XIII. 
hi s ,, 
tail ° S ^ ' )reas t, slightly expands his brown wings and 
’ s ° as to 
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el, 'din g 
l S ° me birdi 
make the best of them by exhibiting their 
' ef gmgs. \Ve must, however, bo cautious in con- 
us ^ the wings are spread out solely for display, 
s act thus whose wings are not beautiful. 
Thi 
tile • Ule case with the domestic cock, but it is always 
6 Xpai W 0U ^ le °PP 0 S it e to the female which is 
The Ir , , an< i a t the same time scraped on the ground. 
fin c j lf ^ a e goldfinch behaves differently from all other 
bl(i c ] ? S ' . his wings are beautiful, the shoulders being 
"hit ’ ii |e dark-tipped wing-feathers spotted with 
■he f, “ J 
ail( i edged with golden yellow. When he courts 
a i®! he sways his body from side to side, and 
Gu e tlll 'ns his slightly expanded wings first to 
-\'o 0 ^ e ihen to the other, with a golden flashing effect. 
Vi n? ^ hnch, as Mr. Weir informs me, turns 
t>ot 
tl: 
courtship from side to side in this manner ; 
j -I 1 1 ? 
.. . > TJle closely-allied male siskin, for lie would not 
Sf 0st to his beauty. 
hut ^ British Buntings are plain -coloured birds; 
the feathers on the head of the male 
re 
W£. s K--- . . 
c.ol OUr ln g (Emberiza sehoeniculus ) acquire a fine black 
hictu , J - die abrasion of the dusky tips: and these ar 
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>l ofi s j Ies of Amadina from Australia : the A. casta- 
a da r l a Ver y small and chastely-coloured finch, with 
6uc H r,c l,’ "hite rump, and jet-black upper tail-coverts, 
% 
hvo Sjv ' u . lll In g fbe act of courtship. Mr. Weir has kept 
n ‘ ^ J CAU 
. die latter 
beim 
marked with three large 
^I'tinrr 18 0V: d spots of white . 86 This species, when 
diegg 15 die female, slightly spreads out and vibrates 
^^ner ^ ^‘Coloured tail-coverts in a very peculiar 
The male Amadina Lathami behaves very 
-vop ^ 
of a e ascription of these birds, see Gould’s ‘ Handbook to the 
w&tralra,’ vo l. i 86 5, 417 . 
