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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
whidahfinch .
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Two instances are indeed given, of male birds being rejected, which had lost their ornamental plumage; but in both cases (a widow-finch and a silver pheasant) the long tail-plumes are the indication of sexual maturity.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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