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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



'Sir. TliDiiias Ariiot. an did hi'ti'dcr ol' 

 tlie Green 



Mr. Thos. 

 Arnot on 

 Border 

 Greens. 



Border Faney Canary, who 

 exliihits with liis eolleaiiiie 

 Mr. .Janucsnn. under tlic 

 jnini nanies Messrs. Arnot 

 and .Taniieson, of Hawiek. 

 Scotland. lias been good 



enough to I'avonr ns witli some notes on his 



method of breeding the Green Border 



Fancy. He says : — 



'riie first i)air I had was a ^■^•ll(l\v firt'cii 



lion, very dark in eulour, and a BufV Green 



GREKN liORnF'K FANCY 



cock (if faiily lSoocI cnloiir : liul liolii were very 

 dcficicnl in type and (jualily. S(i lo improve 

 llic l>])C and colour [ purciiascd a \cllow Self 

 (annanion hen wliicli in I iiose (lays were a 

 |oiif> way ill lidnl ol wlial they arc even now. 

 Tills hen I pal up lo a lUiir Green cock h-oni the 

 old pair and bred some very nice yomiH Greens, 

 one of which won several firsts. The next 

 seascai 1 paired a ^'^■llo\v (ircin ((icl< -.ini] hrn 

 tofjcllur. Iiolli \cry low scl liirds. 1 lircd from 

 them what was reckoned one of (lie Ins! coldurrd 

 Yellow Green cocks in the .Xortli. and one extra 

 1,'ood coloured Yellow Cinnamon hen; holh these 

 hii'ds did a lot of winniii.u. .Xfler this 1 pain-d 

 u]) Yellow and Hull in the usual way. 



"I always (le|)end on llie lien for fjelliuf; 

 type, quality and peneilliuf,', and the hens 



wliieli lirec(l llu' liest younj^ arc those that are 

 \frv dark on hack wilh good sound (■ohnir 

 down the front running right into (he veni, 

 wilh |ilenl\- of pencilling on the flanks. .\ hen 

 such as this paired to a HidV Green cock even 

 failing in colour down front oi- rather scarce 

 in pencilling with 1(1 per cent, light hlood, and 

 5 per cent. Cinnamon, will he almost certain lo 

 ])roduce young which will he a credit to any 

 fancier, f never use a Yellow cock that is smutty 

 in colour, as they always seem inclined to get 

 dark, and whenever I see my hirds getting dark 

 iir lironzed on the hack I pair them with a 

 (annamon hen bred from Greens. I find I 

 always have the best and finest pencilling ofT 

 this cross, and fine pencilling goes a long way 

 to improve the ground colour, because there is 

 much more green feather left than there is 

 when too heavy pencilling is olifained. 



" .\s for arguments put forwaril regarding 

 Cinnamon blood being the cause of light feet, 

 legs, and bill, well, my experience is that age 

 alone causes the feet and legs lo become light, 

 and I never have had occasion lo try to improve 

 my stock in tliat respect. Some people seem 

 to think that dark feel and legs are the only 

 sure signs of their being Green-bred. I have a 

 young bellow (h'een cock that is double-green 

 bred Ihal was bred from stock doubli'-green 

 bred for this lasl ten years, and it has light 

 feet and legs, while ils sisler's are nearly black. 

 These people wcjiibl turn round and say there is 

 .'lb or 10 per cent, (annamon blood in the cock, 

 and Ilie hen Green-bred. Time alone is what is 

 wanted lo learn about Gi'eeiis. As I said befoi'e. 

 I'ely on Ihe hen for colour and pencilling, and 

 ne\cr use a cock Ihal has a smully oi' bron/ed 

 back. 



"(If coursi'. Ihe first coiisideralion in Gi'een 

 Horders is type and fjualily, the same as in 

 oilier colours of the Border l-'ancy : only one 

 has somelimes lo temporarily o\erlook lype 

 for Ifie sake of gellin.L; colour, whii'li is wliv. as 

 a mil'. Gri'eiis do iiol come up to Ihe slandard 

 of Clears; although there is a great im])rovc- 

 ment amongst Greens and Cinnamons this few 

 years liack. and in lime iki d<iul)l lliey will 

 C(pial ttie other colours in l\pe." 



St.\nd.\i<d roii GiucENs 

 Tfio (oei'ii C.niuiry ,\ssoci,ill()n luive dniwii ii[) 

 stnmkirits for the Yorkshire, .\orwicli. ;ind Border 

 l'';uu'y Green C.aiKu-ics and liy their kind permission 

 we lu'n-willi pulilish llieiii. 



.ST.\NOAni) loii VonKsimu-. ("ihekns 



I'oiiils of Mcril 



Miirl.inii Miiximiin) 



Colour. I?ieli deep urass ^reeii, soiiiul and 



li\il tlirouulioul ; pencillings distinct, 



beak, let^s and feet dark ... 35 



