Dr. E. Hopkinson—More Additions to Breeding Becords 195


Bicheno Finch. Aston Harrison is breeding this cross

fairly easily in Sydney in an aviary to themselves ; I saw

them in February, 1932—quite the handsomest Munia

hybrids I have seen.


p. 38. 163. Nutmeg Finch. Add: Whitley has bred them every


year (or most years) since 1926.


p. 38. 164. Pectoral Finch. For the record as it stands, read :


First bred by De Lacquer in France in 1895 or 1896

(De Brisay, Insectivores . . ., p. 254). In the United Kingdom

Howard Williams was the first in 1905, “ two reared,” A.S.

Medal ( see A.M., 1906, 68,118) ; another success (two reared)

is also recorded in B.N., 1913, 291.


p. 38. 167. “ Bengalese.” Add: Whitley is now breeding them


quite freely, and of course hybrids.


p. 209. Add: 167. cc, Bengalese x Maja Finch. Has been bred

in Japan, teste Hachisuka, 1928, p. 56.


p. 210. 168. c, Sharp-tailed Finch X Silverbill. Dr. Glendinnen


of Melbourne has bred this cross, the mother being an Indian

Silverbill. In 1931 this hybrid mated with a hen Bengalese,

and when I visited his aviaries in February, 1932, I saw three

of these Trigen hybrids flying about there.


p. 211. 169. Cherry Finch. Add: h, Cherry x Long-tailed

Grass Finch. Bred by Mackie in Sydney in 1931 ; I saw

it in 1932. c, Cherry Finch x Zebra Finch. Was bred

in Japan about 1927, teste Hachisuka, and when in Sydney

(1932) I saw in Mackie’s aviaries two which he had just

bred there.


p. 211. 170. Indian Silverbill. Add: c, Ind. Silverbill x

Zebra Finch. Two broods reared by Sich (U.K.) in 1923.

See A.M., 1927, 202. d, Ind. Silverbill x Cherry Finch.

Bred in the Marquess Yamashima’s aviary in Tokyo, teste

Hachisuka, 1928, p. 56.


p. 39. Add : 171. i, Fire-tailed Finch. Zonceginthus (hellus Lath).


When in Australia in 1932 I saw at Mr. Piers, Sydney,

an aviary full of these birds, and the owner (who gave me

six) told me that he had bred them there quite freely for



