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Mr. Allen Silver,



0



Serinus canarius



X



Pyrrhula europcea





y y



Carduelis elegans



X



,, ,,



,,



yy



Chrysomiius spinus *



X



>' >>



•r



y y



Cannabina cannabina



X



,, ,,





yy



,, rufesceus



X



,,



,,



yy



Ligurinus clitoris


Ligurinus chlo/is (in



X


addition to those cases



y r


where it else-



where figures) has been also successfully crossed in


manner :—



tlie following



<?



Carduelis elegans



X



Ligurinus chloris



?



y y



Cannabina cannabina



X



„ , ,



,,



y •



,, rufescens



X



yy



,,



y y



,, flavirostris



X



y* y *



• y



y y



Ligurinus sinica



X



,, ,,



,1



Futhermore, other allied crosses have also occurred that

could not conveniently be included with those already mentioned

viz :—



Cannabina cannabina



X



Carduelis elegans



,, flaviventris



X



•y yy



,, rufescens



X



yy yy



yy yy



X



Cannabina flavirostris f



„ cannabina



X



yy yy



Of Sparrow Hybrids



I can gather but three instances.



namely :— Passer arcuatus



X



P. luteus



,, luleus



X



P. montanus



„ domesticus x ,, ,,


Lady Pennant bred the Cape Yellow Sparrow Cross in 1910 (see

Bird Notes , f. 198, Vol. I., N.S.) the Yellow Tree Sparrow cross

being bred by another member Mr. Suggitt (f. 95, Voi. V., N.S.

Avic. Magi) and the Tree House Sparrow cross was first bred by

Mr. Rosslyn Mannering in June, 1907. This gentleman kindly in¬

forms me that he has bred about a dozen birds by crossing these

closely allied Sparrows, using a male P. montanus and a female

P. domesticus. He also says that in the nestling dress the sexes

differ in colour. The cocks resemble young Tree Sparrows and

the hens young House Sparrows; the latter thus closely re¬

sembling their maternal parents. When moulted, the cocks



• Not reared.



t Fledged but not reared.



