. THE. MAGPIE MANNIKIN.
Amaurcsthtí fringilhides, íaer.
^ H E sorealled "Pied Grass-FincTi " inhabits Afnca, witlLffie exception of tiie
:i9rth-east, south-west aiid. sautli of the coatiflent. This is, of coiu-se, a tme
JVi-imiiLiii \.nd is iQore correctly'ñamed by the French (La plu-s gramù NmncUe
and, ¿raw./^ ' than bj- the-Bnglish :* for, though the whole, of the Pr^htfinkcn
DT Ômara-ntil Finches may 'be correctly dçsigtiatfed " Grass-Finches " ; thé
-Kinre typical fona" of the latter gçonp, from'an aviarist's point of view, are
ret>r3Scr.iwd. by -iiah genera ais Brythrura, FecpMa, Si^ganopkum, Toeniopygia,
Ainadhta, .i>lkt«¿>ísrfi, ^ad perhaps Aidevwsyne ; though _the latter .is without doubt
very clos, to „he triie M^alnildns, with which indeed it interbreeds. ' .
T t " urfac- of this bird is deep chocolate-brown, the fi-ont of the back,
scapular::-and median wing, coverts with wMte shaft-streaks ; the head including
t&e neck and throat, -the croup, tail-coveîts and'tait-featheni black,
glcsseu -OTtfa steel-green; onter tail-feathers-iVith .white fringe to !R«»>r web^^
under surfacp of body from the throat widte,, som«wha.t s»?did li» vént;
W?; pun^liáh-black pátcfa' on thé sidfâ of thè breast, ffláffs of Iks^;- -.v-fa a clear
Hver-brpws patch streaked externally "With black and e^ged «-U^. wfeic ; tïdglts
partì • blüclr ; anaer winr-cc?erts and axjlíartes dtiK baff: iií-rsgt« inches.
Beak i-^ge anc! Weavcr-bÉe in char^ter, the upper inànâibk àm't: îïlae, the lower
mandifclü clear ¡eaQec grey ; le^'leaden grey; iris darir browa
Th—-'-siaie i- very ^lio-htly inferior in size, -with a brown patch on
the :}i".e3 the body. — , - ^ • "" . •
^ t •.ve been unable aiscnver anytíiiag respéetîiig {He wild life of this bird;
.;ut Its •ist:'- jrobapbr closely resemble those of tlU! other Maaaikins.
T... .;'-jects to th;: y^/^wVffíí^ as a barbaiism and proposes to call
L,nc hL^ .Vi.:/ jriugillirM. Ki- saj's tfcât he fefst received a single «^cample in
f " Maiîpiï " is -nÍBsiijg, ftow the fa« Uiat the Bengalee has been dallKl
• ^-iijeicss: I v--ef«iF IQ nse it. -,
MAOPIB MANNIKIN . ? . S
'ï : 1
•i ' 1
i<
r (
ili,il.