. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . e under parts being dull ochraceous,greyish on the breast, and showing no trace ofthe vivid rose-redand vinaceous buff of the male. In total length the female, chieflyowing to its abbreviated tail, is an inch shorter than the male. Inthe Catalogue of Birds the female is described as having a smallpatch of scarlet in the centre of the breast; this must, I think,either be a very old hen commencing to assume male plumage oran immature cock bird. 1 have taken my characters from an Grass-Finches. 59 undoubted adult pair, the hen of which lived in one
. How to sex cage birds (British and foreign) . e under parts being dull ochraceous,greyish on the breast, and showing no trace ofthe vivid rose-redand vinaceous buff of the male. In total length the female, chieflyowing to its abbreviated tail, is an inch shorter than the male. Inthe Catalogue of Birds the female is described as having a smallpatch of scarlet in the centre of the breast; this must, I think,either be a very old hen commencing to assume male plumage oran immature cock bird. 1 have taken my characters from an Grass-Finches. 59 undoubted adult pair, the hen of which lived in one of my flight-cages for six months and the cock for seventeen months under dailyobservation. Gouldian Finch (Poephila mirabilis). The female in both types is smaller than the male, has a morepointed but much less powerful beak, that of the male being swollenat the sides to near the point. The colouring of the hen isaltogether duller, the green of the upper parts without golden gloss,the nape and back of crown hardly showing a trace of the vivid. THE UOULDIAN FINCH. greenish cobalt of the cock bird; the rump ashy, the upper tail-coverts much less blue; the pansy-violet of the breast replaced bydull lilac, the saffron-yellow of the abdomen by pale yellow, buffishin-front and whitish at centre. In the red-faced variety the femalevaries much as regards the amount of crimson; frequently it isrestricted to a few scattered feathers, and I have rarely seen it sowell developed as in the male birds. It is probable that the sameholds good for the sport of this variety with the orange or yellowface, which has only recently begun to be imported. White-eared Grass-Finch (Poephila leucotis). The sexes are said to be alike, and even Mr Phillipps, whopersuaded the species to nest with him, was unable to point out areliable character for distinguishing them, but there must be adifference, however slight, or the birds could not distinguish malefrom female. 60 How to Sex Cage Birds: Masked Grass-Fi
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