. Bird notes . e—and hemp is said to be bad for Bullies. But, after all, the feeding cannot be the principal reasonfor the gasping, as some of the affected finches were gettingjust the seeds named by INIr. Ride, viz. : canary, German rape,teazle, and a little sunflower. Wm. C. Cunningham. jforetgu 3BirD (Queries ant) IReplies. FERTILITY OF : Please tell me through Bird Notes, if acrossbetween a cock Redrump and hen Rosella would be fertile. Iliave some very pretty 3-oung birds, which are anxious to nestthemselves. Would there be any use in getting pure bredmates for them ? E. B
. Bird notes . e—and hemp is said to be bad for Bullies. But, after all, the feeding cannot be the principal reasonfor the gasping, as some of the affected finches were gettingjust the seeds named by INIr. Ride, viz. : canary, German rape,teazle, and a little sunflower. Wm. C. Cunningham. jforetgu 3BirD (Queries ant) IReplies. FERTILITY OF : Please tell me through Bird Notes, if acrossbetween a cock Redrump and hen Rosella would be fertile. Iliave some very pretty 3-oung birds, which are anxious to nestthemselves. Would there be any use in getting pure bredmates for them ? E. B. Answer: 1 understand that3ou have somehj-brids betweenthe Redrump and Rosella, and wish to know whether thesewould breed, either among themselves or with pure bredexamples of either species. I should say, decidedly, that it isextremely improbable that they would breed—as hybridsbetween different species of birds, except in the case of gamebirds and some others, are practically invariably sterile, H. R. ^^^
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