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Correspondence. 
lutcola, and the Warblors of thn genus Hypolais. Passage migrants 
that are more restricted in niimbers include Cucvhis cnnorn,<< and Motacilla 
melano'pe 
Winter visitors that have commenced to arrive include Totanns 
hypolcucus, Circus acniginosns and genus Saxicola. 
CORRIGENDA. 
Page 237, line 28 for " migratory " read migraling (May 4th). 
237, line 32 for "fitting" read filthy (May, 5th). 
,, 239, line 9 for "evenings" read ei'cning (May 13th). 
,, 239, line 23 for " capirafa " read cnprata (May 14th). 
240, lines 1 and 2 for " Sykes' Tree-Warbler (HypoJain rama)" 
read Booled Trec-Warbli-r (Hypolais cnligatn) (May 18). 
,, 243 line 14 insert May 31st. 
,, 381 line S for " Biilasliu " read Biifastur. 
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Correspondence. 
TEI-COLOURED PARROT-FINCH. 
Sir. — I have a cock Tri-rolo\i!ed Parrot-Finch which formerly 
belonged to the Hon. Mrs. Bampfylde ; I find him much easier to keep 
in health than the Common Parrot-Fini h ; in fact he never ails. 
I have long endeavoured to find him a mate as T feel sure he 
would breed . In my aviary he has made friends with a cock Avadavat 
and the two sit side by side and are generally together. He chiefly 
eats spray millet and a mealworm or two. A nice little lot of Zebra 
(5) lefl the nest last week. 
(Miss) ETHEL P. CHAWNER. 
HYBRIDS. 
Sir, — Some time ago I wrote th;it my Grey Singingfinch X Linnet 
hybriil had pnired with my hen Linnet, and that two young had been 
fully reared . 
Now that the young ones have come into adult plumage I find 
I was mistaken, and that they are th" offspring of a St. Helena Secd- 
Eater and the Linnet . 
I remember that in the spring the Seed-Eater was very attentive 
to the Ijinnet, but he died before any young were hatched, and she took 
u]) with the Grey Singing-Finch X Linnet cock, who certainly paired 
with her, and assisted her to rear the young. I was away from home 
while the nest was being built, nnd did not find it until the young wore 
some days old . 
Three young birds l<'ft the nest, but one was weakly and soon 
died. The other two show their parentage plainly and one (a cock) is 
quite handsome. He i.s in size and build a Seed-cater, has a brown 
breast, faintly washeil with yellow, as is his head, back brown like the 
