I think I'm just going to have to go ahead and introduce the last three Spice Finsters. I was thinking I had them all sorted out, when they went and messed up my little head. The third Spice finch with noticeable feather damage? I was sure she was female, until I heard him sing two days ago. For the first time, ever. A sweet, meandering song that will clearly take another few months to sort out. The second finely feathered finch? I heard him singing often enough that I can make a diagram of his song now. I was just getting ready to do that when he started tacking the second two parts of his song onto the end, proving that he is, in fact, Cinnamon. Apparently, he's a moody fellow, or likes variety, and tends to keep the various parts of his song separate. And apparently, Cinnamon's song doesn't sound as much like Ovaltine's as I first thought. Not that I would really be able to tell, since lately I haven't seen Ovaltine singing much — and unless I can see who's singing, I can't really tell which bird it is. It doesn't help that most of the Spice finches stop singing when they know I'm watching, that they don't usually sing their complete songs at any one time (Szechwan [Pepper] is an exception), that they often sing indiscriminately to things like other males and tasty seeds, and that they sing their songs many times a day — but not all day. Not that I'm complaining. Apart from the mild paranoia, they certainly keep me on my toes. But before I name the last three, let me clarify Cinnamon's song:

Mind you, he often — but not always — inserts several beats' worth of nearly silent, unpronounceable whistles before each of the three parts, but this diagram gets pretty close. (Not too much different from the original.) He'll sing the first part by itself once or repeated several times, and the third part by itself once or repeated several times; the second part is usually sung only when he's doing the whole thing. It was that first part that had me thinking it was a different bird altogether. The third part is just like part of Ovaltine's song.

Um, unless they're totally messing with my head. After all, if Ovaltine and Cinnamon can sing similar songs, why not another Finster, too? Maybe they all sing each other's songs, all the time.