io6 Records of birds ivhkh have bred in Captivity. 
ST. HELENA SEEDEATER x CANARY. 
W.T.P. " said to have crosbcd with a hen Canary " (A.G.B. i. io6). 
For a recent record, see B.N. I915. 206. 
ST. HELENA SEEDEATER x GREY SINGING Fh\CH. W.T.P. 
X ANGOLA SINGING FINCH, 
ist Chawner, 1916. F.B.C. Medal. B.N. Feb. 
1917. inset. 
X SAFFRON FINCH. W.T.P. 
X St. Helena Seedeater (Siskin). 
X St. Helena S. (Cape Canary). 
X St. Helena S. (Saffron Finch). 
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54. — GREEN SINGING FINCH. 6^. harllatibi. W.T.P. 
Abroad ist Russ fRuss. " easily bred " (Russ). 
Hyiirids. 
GREEN SINGING FINCH x SISKIN. W.T.P. 
X ALARIO. W.T.P. 
X GREY SINGING FINCH. W.T.P. 
X CANARY. W.T.P. Vale. 
X Green Singing Finch (Grey Singing Finch). 
X Green Singing Finch (Serin Finch). 
0 
55. — SERIN FINCH. S. serinus. W.T.P. 
And see A.M. iv. 14. 
Hybrids. 
SERIN X GREEN SINGING FINCH. W.T.P. 
., X CANARY W.T.P. Vae. " said to produce fertile offspring " 
(Vale). 
To be continued. 
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Common Birds. 
By Roland Ouin. 
Reprinted from " B.N.." November, igoi, page 2p. 
I think the average foreign-bird-keeper is too much given 
to the pursuit of the rare. He does not care to buy any species 
he has already possessed. Consequently, having run through 
the list of the kinds always obtainable, his choice is restricted to 
the rarer birds, and each year he buys rarer and rarer ones, until 
he can get nothing which he cares to have, e.^cept at a very high 
