. CANARIES 229 



this country. Mr. Wesley T. Page * gives a list of twenty- 

 five mule hybrids with various finches, including the 

 American Goldfinch, Purple Finch and Indigo Bunting. 

 The first two of these, at least, were not uncommon in the 

 days when native birds were kept in this country, and a 

 few are still being bred here by holders of special permits. 



A great variety of hybrids between wild European finches 

 have been produced in England, almost every conceivable 

 cross having been made. Very little work of this sort ap- 

 pears to have been done in this country. 



* Species Which Have Reared Young and Hybrids Which Have 

 Been Bred in Captivity in Great Britain, p. 45. 



