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Fire-tailed finch, Zonseginthus bellus (in Australia).


172. Sydney waxbill.


173. RUFOUS-TAILED GRASSFINCH, Bathilda ruficauda, and

hybrids with the hen a. Zebra-finch.


174. LONG-TAILED GRASSFINCH (both acuticauda and a. hecJci),

and hybrids with hens of the a. MASKED GRASSFINCH ; b. Black-

rumped Bicheno ; Zebra-finch ; BENGALESE (U.K., 1937) ; Long¬

tailed GRASSFINCH (U.K., 1930).


175. PARSON FINCH, Poephila cincta, and hybrids with females

of the a. Long-tailed grassfinch ; b. this hybrid with the hen

Rufous-tailed Grassfinch ; parson x Zebra-finch ; d. X Bengalese ;

X (Maja).


176. White-eared Grassfinch, P. leucotis. (Abroad.)


177. MASKED GRASSFINCH, P. personata, and hybrids with the

hen Zebra-finch (in Australia).


178. GOULDIAN FINCH, Gouldxornis gouldiae. Both red- and

black-headed forms are commonly bred and inter-bred, the yellow

headed very very occasionally. No hybrids yet recorded.


179. Pintail nonpareil, Erythrura prasina and hybrids with hens

of a. the Parrot Finch ; b. Silverbill are recorded, both abroad.


180. PARROT FINCH, Acalanthe psittacea, and hybrids with

females of a. Peale’s Parrot-finch ; b. Tricoloured parrot-finch ;

c. Pintail Nonpareil; d. Sydney Waxbill; e. Parson Finch.


181. Peale’s Parrot-finch, Amblynura pealii.


Royal Parrot-finch, A. regia. First U.K., 1935.


182. TRICOLOURED PARROT-FINCH, Lobospingus trichrous,

and the sub-species L. t. goodfellowi and L. t. cyaneifrons are also on

record as bred ; also the following hybrids : A. psittacea X L. trichrous ;

L. trichrous X the above hybrid, and vice versa ; and these hybrids

have also been bred inter se.


183. Crimson finch, Neochmia phaeton, and hybrids with hens

a. the Rufous-tailed Grassfinch ; b. the Long-tailed Grassfinch;

Diamond sparrow and Sydney waxbill : all in Australia.


184. ST. HELENA WAXBILL, Estrilda astrild, and hybrids with

hens of a. the Grey Waxbill; Orange-cheek waxbill (U.K., 1931) ;

e. Cordon-bleu ; d. (Sydney Waxbill) ; c. (Silverbill) ; b. (Zebra-finch).



