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323, 261. They were bred for the first time in Germany

in January, 1927, and the breeder, von Oesterley, gives

an account of the event in D.G.W., 1927, Nos. 9-11) ; the

eggs were incubated by a pair of Cordon-bleus, and the

single youngster hatched reared partly by its foster-parents

and partly by hand.


p. 203. a, Zebra x Bicheno Finch. Add: This cross has also been

recently obtained in Japan by the Marquess Yamashima,

teste Hachisuka, 1928, p. 27.


p. 274. 149. Zebra Finch. To the list of male parents add : Parson


Finch and Masked Grass Finch.


p. 275. For the hybrid entry No. 159 as it stands , read : 159. Three-

coloured Mannikin x Bengalese ; x [Zebra Finch).


p. 206. 159. a, Three-coloured Mannikin x “ Bengalese ”.


Add: Whitley reared two broods of five each in 1930, and

more in the following year ; I saw them—very handsome

birds.


p. 206. Add : 157. c, Java Sparrow x “ Bengalese ”. Bred in

Marquess Yamashima’s aviary in Tokyo, teste Hachisuka,

1928, p. 56. A photo of similar hybrids (or possibly the

same birds), also bred in Japan, appeared in A.M., 1931, 322.


p. 275. 150. Bicheno Finch. Add : and with males of the Long¬


tailed Grass Finch and Yellow-rumped Finch, both

in Sydney. Note. —There must, I think, be some doubt

as to which Bicheno is meant in these records ; they are

only sub-species and much alike. Formerly bichenovii

appears to have been the commoner cage-bird, but now,

judging from what I saw in Sydney recently, annulosa

(the more northern black-rumped form) is the usual one

found in captivity.


p. 275. 158. Maja Finch. Add to the list of male parents:


“ Bengalese ” [in Japan).


p. 207. 160. c, Chocolate Mannikin x Nutmeg Finch. Add:


Mackie reared one in Sydney, 1931, which I saw.


160. d, Chocolate Mannikin x “ Bengalese Whitley



