Records of Birds zvhlch have bred in Captivity. 139 
X Canary (Indigo Bunting). W.T.P. 
X Canary (Orange Bishop). W.T.P. (?)* See foot-note. 
><• Canary ( iien^'alese. t See foot-note. 
fOn the second liuller (.A.M. (n.s.) iv. |i. 35 r ) writes as follows : "Some 
year.s ago a writer to the Feathered World stated that he had bred mules from 
the Bengalese (now g-enerally regarded as the domesticated variety of Uro- 
lonclia striata) and a domesticated Canary; aUhough the production of such a 
hybrid may perhaps be possible, the statement was never confirmed." 
With both of these opinions I think we shall nearly all agree, though 
there are records of other reported crosses between these two families, Linnet 
X Cutthroat and Siiverbill x Olive Cuba Finch (Nos. 35 and 138 of this list). 
Reg-arding the last it should be noted that the Cuba Finches {Eiiethia, late 
Phonipara) are regarded by many authorities, among whom is Dr. Butler, (see 
A.G.B. i. 148) as the nearest of all the Finch family to the Weavers, not only 
in structure, but also in habits. 
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57. — SAFFRON FINCH. Sycalis flaveola. W.T.P, 
Zoo and elsewhere. 
Abroad ist Schmidt fRuss. 
FIybrids. 
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SAFFRON FINCH x ARGENTINE SAFFRON FINCH. 
W.T.P. Butler in 1893 bred fertile mules. See A.G.B. i 
103. 
X ST. HELENA SEEDEATER. W.T.P. 
X CANARY. W.T.P. 
X Saffron Finch. (St. Helena Seedeater). 
X Saffron Finch. (Canary). 
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58. — ARGENTINE SAFFRON FINCH. S. pelzehii. W.T.P. 
1st Teschemaker, 1908. B.N. 1908. 183. 
Hybrids. 
X Argentine SaiTron Finch (Saffron Finch). 
^ 
59. — LEAST SAFFRON FINCH i^. minor. 
1st Amsler, 1915. See B.N. 1915. 320, 329. and A.M. 1916. 25. 
* As regards the first of these two recorded hybrids between members of the 
families Ploceidae and Fringillidae, Page qualifies his entry by the foot-note : 
" Needs confirmation, though the correspondent in Cage Birds is very positive 
as to the parentage of the two young birds reared, viz.. Orange Weaver x 
Canary." 
