. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. ) National Geographic Society A MOTLEY GATIIERIXG FROM UELOW THE EQUATOR Of these four Australian beauties, the commonest is the hardy, well-mannered Zebra Finch (upper pair, male right). Rarer in America is the Diamond Finch (center). The showy Red-faced Gould- IAN Finch (male and female, left-hand pair) and the Black-faced Gouldian (female below male, lower right), long considered distinct, are now known to be merely color varieties of one species. They are not easily acclimated in colder pla


. [Articles about birds from National geographic magazine]. Birds. THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE. ) National Geographic Society A MOTLEY GATIIERIXG FROM UELOW THE EQUATOR Of these four Australian beauties, the commonest is the hardy, well-mannered Zebra Finch (upper pair, male right). Rarer in America is the Diamond Finch (center). The showy Red-faced Gould- IAN Finch (male and female, left-hand pair) and the Black-faced Gouldian (female below male, lower right), long considered distinct, are now known to be merely color varieties of one species. They are not easily acclimated in colder places. Paler purple on the breast distinguishes the females from their mates. VI. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Washington, D. C. : National Geographic Society


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