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me, are so generally known to have occurred in other countries, that 
I hesitate to introduce any matter on the subject ; — some readers, 
however, may wish for it. 
Insessores. — At Port William, near Belfast, hybrids have often been 
produced between the canary -finch ( Fringilla canaria), and goldfinch 
( 'F . carduelis ) ; such produce is very common. These hybrids never 
bred there, either among themselves or with birds of any species, 
though opportunities for their doing so were afforded. A female 
bird of this kind has been mentioned to me as having had young to 
a male canary-finch at Armagh. 
A brood between the canary-finch and green linnet ( Fringilla chloris ) 
was produced at Port William, and one also between the canary-finch 
and grey linnet (. F cannabina ). 
Air. B. K. Sinelaire possessed a hybrid, bred between the last two 
species ; it was an excellent song-bird, having chiefly the notes of the 
grey linnet. 
A most singularly and beautifully marked hybrid, bred between the 
canary-finch and goldfinch, was shown to me in October 1845, by 
Thomas Sinelaire, Esq. This bird, which was of the ordinary colour 
of hybrids so produced, previous to the last moult, may be 
described as — Having the head quite black, with a broad collar of 
pure white round the entire neck ; the throat is pure white, and joins 
the collar; the plumage of the bacir -exhibits a mixture of brown 
and black, resembling more, perhaps, that of the hedge accentor, than 
any other of our native birds, but the deep shades are darker and 
blacker than in that species. The upper portion of the w r ings, viewed 
at rest upon the body, present a mixture of dark brown and black ; 
the quills are all pure black, except a quill in one wing, of a golden 
yellow colour. The tail, excepting one whitish feather, is all black. 
the black grouse and pheasant. Another instance was made known to me in April 
1850, hy Mr. Robert M. Austin, an eye-witness of the fact. At Waterloo cottage, 
within a mile of Ayr, where this young gentleman resided, a female common thrush 
(T. Musicus ) and male blackbird {T. merula) paired in the summer of 1849, built a 
nest in a small shrub, and produced three young in June, which were parti-coloured, 
having some black spots, the size of a sixpence, on their breasts. The notes of one 
of these young birds were frequently heard, and differed from those b*oth of blackbird 
and thrush, in being more detached. Both parents are stated to have fed and tended 
the young. My attention was first called to this interesting circumstance by the 
Rev. Wm. MTlwaine, of Belfast, who happened to pay a visit to the place at 
the time. 
