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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



equally as rosy as the purest Juikjuc 

 (Yellow) : l)iit ill the Cmiuinioii it is (hiller 

 and of a dilTcrent cast, even in the old. 

 uniiiixed — we were going to say unadulter- 

 ated — strain, being softer and greyer, and 

 showing the chocolate or cinnamon of an 

 entirely lighter shade, the entire bird, and 

 more especially the hens, being shrouded 

 in a most delicate dove-eolour, so (|uiet as 

 at one time to have obtained for these birds 

 the name of " (Quakers." Hut, in mixing 

 with gay company and feasting on its 

 dainty meats, it has shown itself not averse 

 to tlirowing off its quaint attire, and appears 

 now in a vestment which jjcrfectly bewild- 

 ered the Fancy when the cayenne regimen 

 first developed its latent beauty. \Ve do 

 not wish to convey the idea that the IJulT 

 Cinnamon is not cinnamon-coloured, but 

 simply to enll attention to the fact that, 

 whereas in the improved Joufjue th<' l)ird 

 is in every |)art some shade or other of tlie 

 rich eiimanion. in the improved ''fed'" 

 HiilT I he intensified colour is accompanied 

 by a ruddy glow which is not so plainlv a 

 chocolate as some of the corresponding 

 enriclicd ]>ortiohs of the .loufjue. This is 

 miisl noticeable on the breast, whieli, in 

 the JiulT, is remarkal^h' licr\', contrasting 

 strongly with I he polished walnut hue of 

 the breast of the Jonque when placed side 

 by side. On the top of the liead. too, tliis 

 is observable, despilc the intcnscK' deep 

 brown, and also on I he scapular fe.-dhers. 

 where I lie pl.'iy of colour, assisted by the 

 meal, is \ cry pleasing, 'i'his feature is 

 doubtless an iinniediale result of the sti'ong 

 infusion of N'orwieh l)loo(l. An\ disposi- 

 tion to nm light in coloni- in the waist or 

 in the region (jI' the \'ent or undei' tail- 

 coverts is, as in the .Joii(|ue. a weak poinl. 

 and a single bona lifle light fealhei' i.e. 

 white in the siiaft. Hue. and web is a fatal 

 defect in either form of bird. The level 

 back, which, in the J^ulT, shows less of the 

 streaky marking before referred to. and 

 also the closest feathering, is indispensa- 

 ble. 



In order to explain the elassilieat ion of 

 v'innamons it is necessary that we slmuld 

 assinnc tluil the old form, the \ crit.-ible 



I'un. is, for all ])raetical ])ur|ioscs, )f)H 



est. ha\ing been entirely supplanted by the 



type of bird we have dcs- 



Trueness cTibed in dct;iil. now so lirmlv 



to Colour. 



established aiul so uni\i'rsally 



recognised as the bird, that no other form 

 is tolerated in the show-room excc]it the 

 IJorder Fancy. And a fancier of the 

 variety, in referriug to it Ijy its generic 

 name, has no other ideal in his mind — 

 albeit the very bird he accepts as a ty])e 

 of the purest form is only one of the many 

 crosses which have resulted from grafting 

 Cinnamon scions on other stocks ; and no 

 llower of tiie show-room has been worked 

 on so many l:)ottoms. Hut colour being 

 the primary feature, it will at once ho 

 understood why, in the ])ursuit of a fancier's 

 fancy, that stem should be selected in 

 which flowed tiie strongest sap. l^nlike 

 tlie dark Self-coloured Cireen Xorwieh, with 

 its inborn disposition to sjiort and change 

 to brilliant yellow, the Cinnaiuon is l)oru 

 a Cinnamon, and, like tlu' mi'inhers of the 

 estimable society whose name it once bore, 

 its children follow in tlie footsteps of their 

 fathers, dressing in the same quiet garb 

 with but slight variation. Tliere is occa- 

 sionally found. e\'en in the ohU-st and, 

 therefore, we infer, jiiu'cst strains most 

 remote from foreign taint, some slight 

 tendency to break into a colour which, so 

 far as it niav be regarded worthy to be 

 called e<ilour. is little more tliaii a gl'eenish- 

 wliite. .-inil. having nothing special to 

 reeonnnend it. has never been deemed 

 woi'th cult is'at inn. 'I'o cheek such dis- 

 ])osition. indeed, has ever been the object 

 of llie Cumanion bi'ecder : to i)ro(luee 

 whole, sound colour is his aim. .-ind light 

 IVathers are as much his hiic noire as is the 

 obnoxious tick vexatious to the Xorwi<'h 

 breeder. The infusion of \oiw ieh blood 

 however, renders this not always ,i matter 

 so cas\- of accomplishment as in the days 

 of ri-all\' pure Cinnamons, when tin- only 

 de])artures from tlie st'lf-coloured form — 

 which, bear in mind, was not crossed in 

 an\' wav for enlnur purjioses — were to be 

 found in tlie variegated oITsIkioIs of crosses 

 made for other [)Ui'j)oses. Hut now wc 



