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finch ; b. Silverbill (African) ; c. Cherry finch ; d. Long-tailed

grassfinch ; Parson Pinch (in Australia) ; Masked Grassfinch ;

e. Rufous-tailed Grassfinch ; and f. (St. Helena Waxbill).


150. BICHENO PINCH, and hybrids with the hen Zebra-finch.


151. BLACK-RUMPED BICHENO FINCH.


152. PETERS’ SPOTTED FIREFINCH, Hypargos niveoguttatus,

U.K. and Australia, 1935.


153. DUFRESNE’S WAXBILL. U.K., 1934 ; Australia later.


154. AYADAYAT, and hybrids with the hen Zebra Waxbill.


155. ZEBRA WAXBILL, and hybrids with females of the a.

Avadavat ; b. (Firefinch) ; c. (St. Helena Waxbill) ; and CORDON-

BLEU. U.K., 1934.


156. Orange-cheeked waxbill, and hybrids (both abroad) with

hens of a. the St. Helena Waxbill ; b. the Grey Waxbill.


157. JAYA SPARROW ; most commonly the white variety,

and hybrids with females of a. the Cut-throat; b. Silverbill ;

Bengalese and (Nutmeg Finch).


158. Maja Finch (White-headed Nun), and the following hybrids ;

Maja X a. (Cut-throat) ; b. (Striated Finch) ; c. Bengalese ; d.

Chocolate Mannikin ; e. Chestnut Finch ; f. Parson Finch.


159. (Three-coloured Mannikin.) Hybrid records only with females

of a. the Bengalese ; (Chestnut Finch) ; and (Zebra Finch).


160. Chocolate mannikin (Black-headed Nun), and hybrids with

females of a. the Maja Finch ; b. Chestnut finch ; c. Nutmeg finch ;

d. BENGALESE.


161. CHESTNUT FINCH, Munia castaneithorax.


Hybrids


Chestnut Finch X a. Maja Finch ; b. (Chocolate Mannikin) ;

X (Pectoral Finch) ; x Nutmeg Finch ; x c. (Striated Finch) ;

X d. BENGALESE (Whitley, 1929, India and U.S.A.) ; x e. Silver-

bill (Indian) ; x Zebra-finch (in Australia) ; x Masked grassfinch

(Australia).


162. YELLOW-RUMPED FINCH, M. flaviprymna. First, U.K.,

1906 ; since then in France, etc. Also hybrids with hens of the Bicheno

finch and Chestnut finch, both in Australia.



