. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . 17° N. lat. In its wild st:ite the Paradise Whjdah frequentsthum trees and tall bushes, sitting chiefly on the bareupper brimches, from which it takes short flights; atthe moulting eeason the individuals graduaJly collectinto flocks. Dr. .Stark says ( Birds of South Africa, Vol. I.,1>. 151): The oock, in spring and summer,is fond of perching on a prominent bush, from whichhe takes sliort undulating flights, returning invaiiabiyto the sajne perch. OccasionaJly he will hover for a fewseconds over tJie grass in which one of his little brow^^mates
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . 17° N. lat. In its wild st:ite the Paradise Whjdah frequentsthum trees and tall bushes, sitting chiefly on the bareupper brimches, from which it takes short flights; atthe moulting eeason the individuals graduaJly collectinto flocks. Dr. .Stark says ( Birds of South Africa, Vol. I.,1>. 151): The oock, in spring and summer,is fond of perching on a prominent bush, from whichhe takes sliort undulating flights, returning invaiiabiyto the sajne perch. OccasionaJly he will hover for a fewseconds over tJie grass in which one of his little brow^^mates is hidden, for he his many—from ten Sfty ormore. At short inten-als he utters a flute-like note,andnow and then a few bars of his love-song. When at resttlio longest t-ail feathers are alUrwi d to hang down, but in(light they are carried horizontally. the otherWidow this species feeds almost entirely on grass-seeds. The change of plumage, from winter to springlivery, in the male is completed in about six weeks. 1. Par.\dise (Male ami Female). have never been able to find the nest of this species, nor,so far as I have been able to ascertain, has anyone beenmore fortunate in this respect than myself. The species has been bred in Germany, the femalesalone constructing the nests and incubating as well asrearing the young; unhappily, the neets were notexamined until after the hatching of the young, so thatthe oolom-ing of the eggs was not observed. The Piiradise Whydah shows none of the restlessactivity of the preceding species; moreover, in oldmaJes the weight of the long tail seems to render flightsomewhat laborious. It is a fairly hardy bird. This beautiful and generally harmless bird is veryfreely imported and always reasonable in price, especiallyif purcha&ed when out of colour. For many yearsT have had at least one male, sometimes several togetherin my aviaries; they seldom interfere with even thesmallest Waxbills, although one purchased early in
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