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Dr. E. Hopkinson—Breeding Records



163. NUTMEG FINCH, and hybrids with females of the a. Dwarf

mannikin, b. Bronze Mannikin ; c. (Striated Finch ?) ; d. Bengalese ;

e. Silverbill.


164. PECTORAL FINCH, and one record (1927) of hybrids with

the hen Chestnut Finch.


165. Striated finch, and hybrids with hens of the b. Chestnut

Finch ; c. Sharp-tailed Finch ; e. Maja Finch ; f. Nutmeg ; h. Parson

Finch ; g. Silverbill.


The crosses Striated finch x d. Bengalese and a. Black-

rumped Striated Finch are also on record, but these are not true hybrids.


166. (Black-rumped Striated Finch, U. s. leucogastroides.) See

No. 165.


167. BENGALESE, and hybrids with hens of a. and b. Striated

and Sharp-tailed Finches, which are both only intra-species unions ;

real hybrids on record are : c. B. X Nutmeg Finch ; X Maja (in

Japan) ; d. B. X Two-coloured Mannikin ; e. B. X (Bronze

Mannikin) ; f. B. X Dwarf mannikin (U.K., 1913) ; g. B. X Chestnut

Finch ; h. (B. X Canary ? ?).


168. Sharp-tailed finch, and crosses with hens of the a. Striated

Finch ; b. Bengalese and both Silverbills, African and Indian.


169. Cherry finch ; “ Plumhead.” Aidemosyne modesta.


Hybrids


Cherry Finch X Zebra finch (Japan about 1927 ; Australia


later).


X a. Masked grassfinch (U.K.).


X Long-tailed grassfinch (Australia).


X Bicheno Finch (Australia).


170. INDIAN SILVERBILL, Euodice malabarica, and hybrids

with females of a. the Dwarf Mannikin ; b. Chocolate Mannikin ;

Cherry Finch (in Japan), and Zebra-finch (U.K.).


171. AFRICAN SILVEBBILL, Eu. cantans, and hybrids with the

female a. Indian Silverbill; b. Bronze mannikin (U.K.) ; c. Zebra-

finch ; d. Java Sparrow ; e. Maja Finch ; f. Nutmeg Finch ; g. (Striated

Finch ?) ; h. Bengalese ; i. Sharp-tailed Finch ; j. (Sydney Waxbill) ;

k. St. Helena Waxbill; 1. Grey Waxbill; m. (Olive Cuba Finch ? ?).



