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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



breeding, and good Clears are not so easily 

 bred as to be the frequent produce of 

 dark pairs ; yet we must emphasise the 

 fact that indiscriminate buying at shows of 

 birds of imknown pedigree, unless the 

 desired points are very pronounced, is not 



25 i^oints are given for it, combined with 

 beak and neck, out of the total of 1(K) 

 points allowed for the whole bird. 



The head should not only be l)old, l)ut 

 nicely arched, and free from browiness over 

 the eyes. We must have a gofxl full eye 



THE NORWICH PLAINHEAD TO-DAY. 



(.-1 'I interesting continst i^'itli the biiil poyttayeit on puf^e 233.) 



free from risk, and is not the best road to 

 success. 



In oui- chaijlcr on Pedigree Breeding we 



])ointc(l out that four points |)ractically 



summarised all those which 



Cardinal j^.^. j|j^ breeder real dilli- 



Poinfs. " 



culty in most varieties. W'c 



have now shown the importance of colour. 



and its effects even on feather, as to whether 



this (its the body closely or otherwise. 



Another diniculty in I he Xorwich is the 



maintenance of a, bnld and neatly moulded 



head, hannonising wilh tlic sinut body of 



the modern Norwich, for nothing looUs 



worse than a small, puny head on a standard 



sized l)ody. We need no stronger proof ol' 



the importance of head than to .say that 



brow, but no loose feather or resemblance 



to the Crest-bi'cd. Shape is another im 



portaiit |)()int. .•iiid it iiicliides sevci'al 



minor points which arc easily controllable 



as we proceed in the breeding of good 



birds. Our I'ourth |)oint . and one not so easy 



of control, is com])aetness of wings and tail. 



These should harmonise with the build of 



the biidy, and the wings be carried close to 



the body and just meet at their tips. 



If we keep all these characteristic points 



well in hand, those which naturally follow 



in llieii- train art- not dillic-iilt 



^V""/ t,, handle. We can include 



Points. 



under this lieadmg such as 

 coarse bea.k : a tendency to browiness 

 giving the head a coarse ap|)earauee ; 



