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



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been bred fairly often since about 1903 and some bad been

sent back to America, where they are now probably extinct,

in the hope that they would be bred again there.


(N.B.—The reference 1903, 137 in the original entry should

be deleted.)


Add: 538. i, Bewick's Swan (C. bewickii (Yarrell )).

Bred at Woburn in 1914 ; teste Tavistock in lit. 8th January ,

1927 and 11th October, 1932.


539. Black-necked Swan. Add : A recent success is

Ezra’s who reared a brood of four in 1931 (A.M., 1931, 333).


535. a, Whoopee x Whistling Swan. Add : This cross

was bred at Woburn, teste Tavistock in lit. 8th January,

1927. It also has a place in Page’s book.


b, Whoopee x Teumpetee Swan. For the entry as given,

read : Page, the sole authority for this record.


Add under Teumpetee Swan : a, Teumpetee x Common

Swan. Tavistock tells me that the Duke of Bedford had

some of these hybrids, but where they came from is unknown.


a. Black Swan x White Swan. Add, : Such a hybrid

belonging to the Brentford County Council went to the

Zoo in 1927 ; see A.M., 1927, 203 : 1928, 50. Another

example is now in Whipsnade Park.

c, Black Swan x Canada Goose. Add : Another example

of this cross is recorded in the Auk, 1928, 39, as having

been bred by Pierce in Massachusetts in 1924.


541. Spuewing Goose. Add : b, Spue wing Goose x

Magellan Goose (Upland Goose). Whitley saw at the

Clifton Zoo some time ago what he was sure was such a

hybrid, and a Spurwing gander was with a Magellan Goose

at the time. Visiting Clifton again in April, 1931, he saw

the keeper, Payne, who confirmed his surmise and told

him that the bird in question had been bred at Clifton about

1927. Seth-Smith took some photos of it.


546. Comb-Duck. Add : Moody records the rearing of

two in 1931 (A.M., 1931, 47).


544. a, Add after failed, line 3: Delacour in UOiseau,



