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By Alexander Wetmore
The name of the cutthroat finch (Antadina
fasciata) – which, though called a finch, is a
member of the weaver family – is taken from
the crimson mark across the throat in the male
(Color Plate VII). The female lacks this
character but is otherwise similar. The bird
is found wild in the drier sections of Africa,
from Senegal to Somaliland and Rhodesia.
Cutthroat finches are easily handled in captivity, and are popular in aviaries. They
often have a tendency to become darker in
color when caged, caused sometimes, possibly,
by eating hemp seed.
Originally appeared in the December 1938 issue of the National Geographic Magazine
This Web version COPYRIGHT 2004
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