150 Dr. E. Hopkinson—More Additions to Breeding Records


“ some time ago Later (15th January, 1927) in a letter

to me he writes “ bred by Abbe Charraud near Bordeaux ;

no record, but he told me himself ”.

p. 7. Add to the Chaffinch record : “ Meade Waldo (in lit . 25th

January, 1930) tells me he has also bred the Canary Islands

race, F. coelehs canariensis ; this was about 1905.”

p. 9, No. 39. Black-marked Siskin. Instead of “ Hybrids

recorded . . .”, read “ Bred by Gfeller-Bindlisbacher in

Switzerland recently, teste Decoux (UOiseau, 1927, 61).”

See also D. G. W., 12th December, 1926, and add. p. 180

before a. Siskin x Black-marked Siskin. “ Bred in

Switzerland in 1926 ” teste Decoux (UOiseau, 1927, 61).

These two records may, however, refer to one event,

p. 182. Further Bed Siskin X Canary crosses. See A.M., 1929, 19.

p. 182. A Black-marked Siskin X Canary. Add: First bred in

1915 in Germany teste UOiseau , 1927, 62.

p. 9, No. 44. Twite. An early record in the A.M . which I overlooked

of the rearing of two young is to be found in vol. i. See

A.M., 1930, 338.


p. 184. Other Linnet hybrids. Teague ( A.M. , 1932, 84) records the

successful rearing of the two additional hybrids, Linnet X

Green Singing Finch and Linnet x Cape Canary.

I think these successes were also recorded in Cage Birds of

20th September, 1930.


p. 10, No. 49. Desert Bullfinch. Add to record: They also bred

with him in the following years ( see A.M., 1900, 76). This

was the first, and I think only, record for the United

Kingdom till A.M., 1927, 202, where Sich records success

in 1926, I presume with the typical race,

p. 11, No. 50. Bock-sparrow. Add to the record: but Meade-

Waldo (in lit . 25th January, 1930) tells me that he bred

“ P. stulta ” a long time ago and that the event was recorded

in an early volume of the A.M. This record, however,

I cannot find.


p. 187, No. 63. Angola Singing Finch. Add to d : Teague (A.M.,

1932, 84) records his breeding of this cross as “ Yellow-



