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mii-MAKKS ON E\'i:N-MAKkKU HIKUS. 



The iuad^ uu ihai>.'n simply to slw.j viaih-tngi-, unci not as types of any raruty. 



CHAPTER XIX 



BREEDING EVENLY-MARKED CANARIES 



It was natural that tlie varied fdrnis of 

 marking shonld arrest faneicrs' attention, 

 and that jwrtitnlar shapes shonld be 

 fixed on liotli lor bcanty and diflicnlty of 

 attainment. Tliis has been the case with 

 all lioht colonred varieties except Belgian, 

 Scotch Fancy, Lancasliirc. Dutch Frill and 

 Roller t'anaries, wiiosc hreedci's as \'et 

 have ])lacc(l Httlc \ahic on exact markings. 



Onr object is to endeavour to sliow how 

 to pi-oduce the highest form of nKiri<ing — 

 viz. Pjvcnly-marked — and the ad\icc will 

 apply to all \a.rictics of the Canary, as 

 the })rmciples involved in dcNcloping and 

 fixing the marks arc the same. These 

 Evx-n Marks nia\' be either Green or Cinna- 

 mon colour, and beautiful specimens of 

 both ha\'c been |)rodnccd. 



AVc arc afraid \vc shall olTci' a rude 

 shock to some of our readers when \vc 

 say that we know of no eslai)lishcd sti'ain 

 of I'i\'enly-m;irked Canaries which will re- 

 produce all their progeny moi'c or less 

 evenly-marked. Indeed, so fai- from l<iVen 

 Marks being a fixed " variety,"' there are 



to-day only a few j-ai'c specimens which 



make their way into o\u' shows. We can 



assure o\n- readers that 



How to Breed the small number which 

 Evenly=marKed , . ,, ^ 



gjpjjg do ai)])ear m tlic cate- 



gory " K\enly-marked " 

 will bcai' a liberal discounting wh.cn carefully 

 exaniincd. even though it cast a relleclion 

 on tlic (xliibition morality of the day. 

 The truth is. tlud even-marking is not the 

 permancid I'l'a.ture t)f an established strain 

 -though thai is no reason why it should 

 not be. Owing to the fact that such 

 markings haxf hvvv\ |)ro(lnced by experi- 

 menting in pairing cNciily. or almost evenly- 

 marked birds together, we are not only 

 convincetl that this is the way to pcri)ctuate 

 even marks, but that it is the onhj way by 

 which Fvcniy-marked strains of birds 

 can be estai)lished. !\loreover, the task 

 is not imjiossible. l"\iilure in the past has 

 been due to select ioi\ not being |)ursucd 

 far enough owing to lack of ])aticnce after 

 the result of the lirst year oi' two. Until 

 characteristics become fixed, much snorting 



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