Dr. E. Hopkinson—Breeding Records : Summary



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a. the Cape Canary, b. st. Helena seed-eater, c. grey singing

finch, d. canary, and e. a Siskin-Canary Mule (Germany).


64. grey singing finch, and hybrids with hens of the a. angola

singing finch, U.K., 1937 ; b. Green Singing Finch ; c. (Linnet and

a further cross ? ?) ; d. canary.


65. cape canary, Serinus canicollis, 1927, 1928, and hybrids with

hens of the a. (Alario), b. St. Helena Seed-eater, and c. canary.


66. sulphur seed-eater, 1917, and hybrids with hens of the


a. WHITE-THROATED SERIN, b. CANARY.


67. st. Helena seed-eater, and hybrids with females of a. the

linnet, 1914, b. canary, c. Grey Singing Finch, d. (Saffron Finch ? ?).


68. green singing finch, S. m. mosambicus (late icterus). S. m.

barbatus has also been bred (69).


Hybrids on record with the females of the following : Greenfinch,

a. goldfinch, b. Siskin, c. Alario, d. GREY SINGING FINCH,

e. CANARY.


70. serin, and hybrids a. X Green Singing Finch, b. X Canary,

though this is only the mating of two subspecies, not a true hybrid.


71. CANARY. Universally bred. Hybrids are on record with

females of a. Linnet, b. Siskin, c. Goldfinch, d. Saffron Finch, e. BULL¬

FINCH, and f. Purple Finch, and the many crosses the other way

(some common), i.e. with the Canary as the female parent.


72. SAFFRON FINCH and hybrids with hens of the a. argentine

saffron finch, b. (St. Helena Seed-eater ?) (Canary ? ?).


73. ARGENTINE SAFFRON FINCH, Sicalis pelzelni.


74-6. Sicalis arvensis ; S. a. arvensis, the Yellowish Finch, Chile ;

S. a. minor, Least Saffron Finch, Amazonia, etc. ; S. a. luteiventris,

Yellow-bellied Finch. There are records of the breeding of all three

races and of a hybrid, Least Saffron Finch x Saffron Finch.


77. scarlet rosefinch, Carpodacus eryihrinus, and hybrids with

hens of the a. Greenfinch, b. Canary, c. (Purple Finch).


78. (Purple Finch : a weak hybrid record only, Purple Finch X

Canary.)


79. MEXICAN ROSEFINCH, C. m. mexicanus, and hybrids with

females of the a. GREENFINCH, b. Canary, c. bullfinch, 1937.


80. House Finch, C. m. frontalis, 1915.



