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Dr. E. Hopkinson—Breeding Records



185. Grey waxbill, E. troglodytes , and hybrids with hens of the

a. St. Helena waxbill ; b. Crimson-rnmped Waxbill ; c. Orange-

cheek waxbill ; d. (Zebra Waxbill) ; e. (Firefinch).


186. (Crimson-rumped Waxbill, E. rhodopyga.) Hybrid records

only : with females of the Grey and Orange-cheek Waxbill.


Black-crowned white-fronted waxbill, E. nonnula,

U.K., 1936.


187. Black-faced Waxbill, E. erythronotos. (Abroad.)


188. Vinaceous waxbill, E. vinacea .


189. Lavender waxbill, E. caerulescens. Hybrids with the hen

Firefinch are also on record abroad.


190. COBDON-BLEU, Uraeginthus bengalus, and hybrids with

females of the Blue-headed cordon (France, 1929), and (a. St. Helena

Waxbill).


191. ANGOLA COBDON-BLEU, U. angolensis, and hybrids with

the hen a. Cordon-bleu (U.K., 1913).


Blue-headed cordon-bleu, U. cyanocephalus, and hybrids

with the hen Cordon-bleu.


YIOLET-EABED WAXBILL, Granatina granatina. South

Africa, 1915 ; Germany, 1931 ; U.K., 1937.


192. SCALY-FBONTED WEAVEB, Sporopipes squamifrons. One

record: U.K., 1913.


193. Frontal Weaver, S. frontalis. One record : abroad, 1907.


194. (Buffalo Weaver, Bubalornis albirostris.) Abroad.


195. Chestnut-backed weaver, Cinnamopteryx castaneofusca.

(Abroad.)


196. Bufous-necked weaver, Sitagra cucullata, and hybrids with

hens of a. the Spotted-backed Weaver ; b. (Half-masked Weaver and

a further cross, c.) ; d. (“ Transvaal Weaver ”).


197. (Great Masked Weaver, S. c. abyssinica (?).


198. (Spotted-backed Weaver, S. spilonota. A hybrid record only :

with the male Bufous-necked Weaver.


199. Black-headed weaver, S. melanocephala. Two records :

U.K. and U.S.A.


200. Loango Masked Weaver, S. subpersonata. Abroad.


201. Cabanis’ Masked Weaver, S. i. cabanisi. Abroad.



