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From a doni cock mated to a Yellow hen I liave liad several broods, 

 all Greens, this I can quite understand, as 1 llnnk its usual, but not the former. 



I, too, am a little puzzled over (ine of the hybrid St. Helena Seed-eater 

 X Canary bein<:^ pure fjrev in colour just like ;i (irey Sin<jin<i^ruich (it is a ben), 

 the other three youuL;- liylirids are cocks and just like their father, in fact 

 they would be taken for ])ure St. Helen.i Seed-eaters by anyone unacquainted 

 with the facts. The younj; hen of neither ])arent, someone sugfg'e.sted it mifrht 

 be a throw b.ick to a wild canary ! 



Crouch I'Jul, October S, 1917. .MRS. CH./\TTERTON 



[It is not unique, thoug'h b\- no means common, for Green parents 

 to throw an occasional yellow youngster. It would be of interest if Mrs. 

 Chatterton would st.ate whether there are any indulating- marks in its plum- 

 ao-e. Also are the e\'es ])ink ? If so it wouKl be a lutino. 



Re. Si'cd-eater Hybrids : We do not think the grey coloured hybrid 

 much out of the way. We h;ive seen sever.al cocks of this cross, which have 

 been a pleasing combination of grey and white, with only slight tinges of 

 yellow here and there in their plumage. — Ed.] 



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With £;"reat re,q;ret we record that onr member Mr. G. E. 

 Hags'ie was killed in action (Flander.s front) on 4th iilt. He 

 became a member in 1910, was a "keen avicultmMst, and took a 

 great interest in the work and progress of the Club. The writer 

 mourns the loss of a personal friend. We extend otu" sincere 

 sympathy to his family in their bereavement. — W. T. P. 



