Amadavat

or AVADAVAT (Lstrelda am and ava), the Red Waxbill, a finch common throughout. India, named from Ahmadabad, whence they were formerly imported into Europe in great numbers. General plumage of female olive-brown; that. of the male in summer is more or le crimson, but after the breeding season he a umes the dusky plumage of his mate. The males are valued for their song, and the natives train them to fight like gamecocks.