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Dr. E. Hopkinson—Breeding Records : Summary



Hybrids


a. greenfinch X Japanese greenfinch, but this is not a real

hybrid, but mating of two subspecies only. Real hybrids on record

are with females of the b. (Chaffinch ?) ; c. BULLFINCH ; d. Himalayan

Siskin, and further crosses ; f. g. : e. Sikhim Siskin ; h. CANARY ;

commonly bred ; i. (Scarlet Rosefinch) ; j. Mexican Rosefinch.


Also the male Chinese Greenfinch with females of a. the Greenfinch

(another intra-species union) ; b. goldfinch and a further cross (c) ;

d. Himalayan Siskin.


4. (Black-and-yellow Grosbeak, Mycerohas melanoxanthus).


5. black-tailed hawfinch, Eophona migratoria Hartert. Two

records : Germany, 1886 ; U.K., 1928.


6. hawfinch. One record, U.K., 1911. And a hybrid ? record.

(Hawfinch X Bullfinch, ? ?.)


7. Yellow-bellied Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysogasler. One record :

Scotland, 1916, but were the young reared to maturity ?


8. ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK.


9. Black-headed Grosbeak, Hedymeles melanocephala.


10. BLUE GROSBEAK, Cyanocompsa cyanea.


Lazuline Grosbeak, C. parellina. One record : France.


11. Northern Blue Grosbeak, Guiraca cserulea.


12. orange-billed saltator. One record, 1921 ; not 1911 as in

Records.


black-throated saltator, S. aurantiirostris. One record,

1933, U.K.


13. WHITE-THROATED FINCH, Sporophila albigularis, and

hybrids with the female grey finch, 1914 (a).


14. grey finch, S. grisea.


15. (Euler’s Finch, S. euleri ?.)


16. (Collared Finch, S. cucullata.)


17. guttural finch. Two records, and hybrids with the hen

White-throated Finch (a).


18. Plumbeous Finch.


19. black seed-finch, Melopyrrha nigra. One record, U.K., 1914.


20. tropical seed-finch, Oryzoboms angolensis. One record :

Holland, 1917.



