All Rights Reserved. February, 1919. 



BIRD NOTES: 



THE 



JOURNAL OF THE FOREIGN BIRD CLUB. 



Grassfinches. 



By Wesley T. Page. F.Z.S., etc. 



This is a purely avicultnral .e^roiiping'. but a very useful 

 one. and comprises species which are general favourites, and 

 usually find a place in most mixed series. They are mostly of 

 either brilliant or very pretty plumage. 



The species to be dealt with in this paper are as follows : 



* Parrot Finch (Erythriira psittacea). 



Pin-tailed (Nonpareil) Parrot Finch (E. prasina). 

 Tri-colour Parrot Finch (E. trichroa). 



* Gouldian Finch (Poephila goiildiae). 



* Parson Finch (P. cincta) 



•f Long-tailed Grassfinch (P. aciiticauda). 

 Masked Grassfinch (P. pcrsonata). 

 White-eared Grassfinch (P. leticotis). 



* Rufous-tailed Grassfinch ( BatbUda nificaiida). 



* Painted Finch (Emblema picta). 



* Diamond Finch (Stcganoplcitra guttata). 

 t Ribbon Finch (Amadiua fasciata). 



t Red-headed Finch (A. crythrocepliala). 

 t Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis). 



* Bicheno's Finch (Stictoptera bichenovi). 



* Black-rumped Bicheno's Finch (S. ammlosa). 



* Cherry Finch (Aidemosync modesta). 



* African Silverbill (.A. cantans). 



* Indian Silverbill (A. tnalaharica). 



* Chestnut-breasted Finch (Munia castaneithorax). 

 Pectoral Finch (M. pectoralis). 

 Yellow-rumped Finch (M. -flaviprymna). 



■j" Free Breeders in Captivity. 



* Reasonably free, but erratic in some aviaries ; however, once a 

 " breeding pair " is secured are often prolific. 



Our frontispiece is from a photo by the late T. E. de Q. 

 Ouincey. and represents a scene in one of Mr. R. S. de Q. 

 Ouincey's aviaries. The birds figured are mostly Gouldian, 



