46 Notes oil Some Hybrids bred in France. 
had so many interesting accounts on tlie liybrids bred in Great 
Britain. 
Among tlie waterfowl, T shall mention a fine pair of 
Upland X Egyptian Geese ( Cliloc [^liai^a })iagcllanica x 
Chlciialopcx acgxt^tiociis 5) hybrids. A dozen of these hybrids 
were reared in Pas-de-Calais by AT. d' Hebard de St. Sidpice, 
who kindly presented me with a i)air of them. All these 
hybrids are alike; the general colouration being buff, with grey 
feathers on the back, ruddy head, the dark patch of the Egyptian 
Goose on the breast; bill black; feet yellow. The shape and 
size were about those of a female Upland Goose. The call 
notes remind me of those of the l^pland Goose. 
Another nice hybrid was Chiloe Wigeon x .Summer Duck 
(Marcca chilociisis x Acs sf^oiisa). This bird, a drake, was 
exactly intermediate between his two parents in shape and 
colour; he used to keep on the ])ond with the Summer Ducks. 
I also bred hybrids between Chiloe Wigeon x Call Duck 
which were not very different to this last variety; they mated 
with Call Ducks, but the eggs were infertile. 
I bred many hybrid pheasants: Golden x Common (verv 
pretty); Soemering's x Reeve's; Mikado x Elliott's; Mikado- 
Elliott's X Reeve's; etc. They are all very handsome, but of 
little interest from the avicultural point of view. 
Two .South American Pigeons, C'oliiiiiba sf^cciosa vi' and 
C. nianilosa '? , reared three or four broods of hybrids every 
season for four years. The young l)irds resend^led their male 
parent in shape, and are dark brown, with a few fawn spots on 
the neck; the wings and tail are greyer. Three of them are 
still alive in the Jardin des T'lantes of the Museum of Natural 
History in Paris. 
T never cared to breed hybrid Waxbills, Weavers, etc. 
but I once had a lovely cross between I'oiidia niadagascariciisis 
and Hyf^Jiaiitoriiis 7'itclliiiits - . The young cock hybrid, 
when two years old, developed a lovely orange-creamy colour ; 
he was exactly like F. inadagascariciisis in shape and size; the 
hen was very similar to a hen of the latter species. 
May I add, though this does not refer to hybrids, that 
