. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . The male in winter plumage isvery similar; but, as Captain Shelley says, differs in the wingbeing similar to that of the male in breeding plumage, only with thepale edges of the greater coverts and secondaries broader. Red-collared Whydah (Penthetria ardens). The male in breeding plumage is black, with a broad scarlet collaracross the base of the throat; the female is smaller and somewhatlike a Pipit in colouring and general pattern ; above pale brown,with black centres to feathers; a well-defined yellowish-white eye-brow streak and a patch of th
. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . The male in winter plumage isvery similar; but, as Captain Shelley says, differs in the wingbeing similar to that of the male in breeding plumage, only with thepale edges of the greater coverts and secondaries broader. Red-collared Whydah (Penthetria ardens). The male in breeding plumage is black, with a broad scarlet collaracross the base of the throat; the female is smaller and somewhatlike a Pipit in colouring and general pattern ; above pale brown,with black centres to feathers; a well-defined yellowish-white eye-brow streak and a patch of the same colour under eye; a loi-al bandand another behind eye black; ear-coverts bufhsh-brown ; underparts buff, yellower on chin and upper throat; lower throat, front,and sides of chest tawny-brownish streaked with blackish. Themale in winter plumage is similar to the female but larger, and withblacker centres to the feathers on the upper surface ; the inner liningof the wing black instead of dusky ash, and the under 7P PARADISE whydah. Paradise Whydah (Steganura paradisea). In summer plumage the male is black, with a broad collar,continuous with a broad diffused belt crossing the breast chestnut;the abdomen white; tail very long, and lengthening with age up toI3| inches according to my specimens. The hen, roughly described,is an ashy brown bird with dark centres to feathers, the neckand mantle washed with bufnsh ; crown bullish-white, black-mottled,with a broad black streak on each side; a nearly white eyebrow-stripe bounded from behind eye by a black streak; chin and throatwhitish; breast ashy brown, mottled ; abdomen and under tail-covertsashy-whitish. The male in winter plumage nearly resembles the 66 How to Sex Cage Birds. female, but the streak-like centre of crown is broader, more diffused, and distinctly sandy buff. It may be a trifle larger thanthe female, but the difference is less marked than in the precedingspecies. Yellow-backed Whydah (
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