. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . smaller. Hab., Senegambia to the Niger; pos-sibly Benguela. According to Ussher it is seen at times in largeflocks, and affects swamps ; that is about all that isknown of its wild lite. It has, however, been bred inGermany, so that we know it builds a cave-like nestand lays four pale blue-greenish eggs. When in colour the male is very excitable, puffs up itsfeathers and sings its strange song, which commenceswith four or live clicks and then goes off into a sortof hacking cough ; the birds plumes are also shown toyre;it advantage in fiiglit. which is short
. Foreign birds for cage and aviary . smaller. Hab., Senegambia to the Niger; pos-sibly Benguela. According to Ussher it is seen at times in largeflocks, and affects swamps ; that is about all that isknown of its wild lite. It has, however, been bred inGermany, so that we know it builds a cave-like nestand lays four pale blue-greenish eggs. When in colour the male is very excitable, puffs up itsfeathers and sings its strange song, which commenceswith four or live clicks and then goes off into a sortof hacking cough ; the birds plumes are also shown toyre;it advantage in fiiglit. which is short, jerky, abrupt,and very like a clockwork toy ; between euch flight,usually in pursuit of some other bird, the wings arejerked up and down over the bird in a most mechanicalmanner. I have never known the Napoleon Weaver to injureanother bird, but I had one killed in 1896 by an OrangeWeaver. That the species is naturally long-lived isproved by the fact that a pair which I purchased in1888 lived until the 21st August, 1900. One which I. N.\poLKON Weaver.(Singing to Jim with crest erected.) purchased in 1907 was much persecuted by a youngmale of the Orange Weaver, which had not yet acquiredits breeding plumage, but nevertheless was chasing andsinging to the hens as well as making attempts to buildwith any stray bits of grass or hay which it couldfind. I have had a considerable number of specimensof both species, botli males and females; they cangenerally, be obtained -when out of colour at aboutthree shillings a pair, or even (Pyromelana Aammiceps). The prevailing colour of the male bird in breedingplumage is fiery orange-red; the centre of the backand feathers of the shoulders are glossy orange-brown ;a narrow band in front of the forehead, an elongatedpatch from the benk to the back of the cheek and en-closing the eye, the chin, front of throat, chest, andfront of belly, velvety black : the feathers of the wingsand tail bUu-k, edged with white and
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