Birds
Mr Sharpe ¹ tells me that the ♀ of Dacelo gaudichaudi which differs only from ♂ "€œin colour not quite & tail being reddish-brown—that in young ♂ the tail resembles the adult female-for he has seen stages in process of change.—

1. Richard Bowdler Sharpe, 1847-1909. DCP.

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