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nest, 26th June, 1910 . . . rapid growth ” (B.N., 1911, 198,

July), and later (p. 226) “ indications of nesting a third time ”

in the List of Successes.


p. 35. Dufresne’s Waxbill. No. 153. Add : Bred for the first time

in the United Kingdom by Miss Robinson of Camberley ; four

young were reared, 1934. See full account with a photo of

the young. A.M., 1934, 249, and a note on p. 247.


p. 205. Add : d, Zebra Waxbill x Cordon-bleu. Allen Silver tells

me (in lit., 24th August, 1934) that Mr. W. N. Piers, of

Beckenham, tells him that he has reared two hybrids of this

cross, out of three hatched ; they are “ mousey ” in colour,

but “ favour the Cordon in size The breeder has since

recorded the event in Bird Fancy, 1934, 785 (September).


p. 206. Add: c, Java Sparroav x Bengalese. In addition to the

Japanese record given in A.M., 1932, 193 (ex. 1931, 322),

another comes from South Africa. Cage Birds, 1933, June,

has a drawing of a hybrid of this crossbred by Sellar’s of

Durban in 1931. This bird proved fertile when paired with

a hen Bengalese and had had one young bird in 1933,

which had left the nest and was doing well at the time of

writing (i.e. a quarter Java, three-quarter Bengalese

cross).


p. 207 and A.M., 1932,194. Chestnut-breasted Finch x Bengalese.

The Foreigner for July, 1934, records the breeding of this cross

in California and says “ we cannot trace any previous record ”.

I put Whitley’s record, 1929, on paper in 1932 (A.M., as above),

but used the name “ Chestnut Finch ” ; I still think Whitley’s

is the first.


p. 42. No. 183. Crimson Finch. A recent record of success in the

United Kingdom appeared in Cage Birds of 17th September,

1932 (p. 261). The breeder was Mr. Head, of Broughton Ferry,

and five young birds were reared.


p. 216. Add: f, St. Helena x Orange-cheek Waxbill. Bred by

Mrs. Drake in Cornwall in 1932 ; see A.M., 1932, 13, 259.

“ Four young were reared from two nests ” and Mrs. Drake

told me later (March, 1933) that she bred this cross both in



