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GANARIPiS, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



lor to SiilisTy one as In tlu-ir cxistcnco. 

 there is no (lillicully in at once cleterinininL; 

 from the very " soniethino- " wliieh snr- 

 roiinds it that the bird is C'innanion-bretl, 

 and a I'aneicr hns sekh)ni to appeal to tlie 

 l)ink eye to eonfirni his opinion, so eleariy 

 is the eiiaraeter of the liird stani])cd ujson it. 

 In addition to tlicsc standard ehisses 

 there is the Crested Cinnamon, in whieli 

 every class ol' Norwich Crest, 



The Crested .^^ detailed in the chapters 

 Cinnamon. ' 



on that \ariety. has its 



eonnterpart. \'ei-y lew. however, are bred, 

 and (Ml one or two occasions onU' within 

 oui' knowledge has even as much as a 

 solitary class lor the entire variety and 

 one for Cinnamon Crcstbrcds been pro- 

 vided at any show. 



The present place, indeed, ol' one of onr 

 ]irettiest Canaries is that home for the 

 lionseless, in which iu':c varieties of sterlin,<r 

 merit ai'c perhajJs not so often reeof>nised 

 as are the representative s|)eeimcns of 

 standai'd forms, Avhieh, for want of a 

 special class, are, for the occasion, sent into 

 the " Any other Variety." This is to a 

 lar<ic extent the breeders' own faidt, as, 

 when a class or classes are jirovided, they 

 arc not supported as they should be. 

 Thci'i- is loo n.neh tiinidit\' of meeting' Tom, 

 Dick or Harry's l)cst bird, and so the 

 classes are allowed to ]iass into oblivion. 

 A few very fair specimens, chiclly J5ul'fs, 

 hav'c made their a|i])eai'ancc from time to 

 lime, bid nothint;' ])Osscssing more than 

 average nicril. with the exce|)tion of two 

 birds, one of which was owned by Mr. T. 

 Heath, of London, and the other by 

 "Slv. T. .J. King, of Chclleiihani, whose Crests 

 coni|)arcd favourably with many good 

 specimens of the (ireen Crest variety. 

 'I"he |)rinci|)al defects are. a])art from the 

 lack of that striking crcsl development 

 which can only result fi-om continued 

 eai'cful pcdigrce-bi'ceding. want of pui'ity 

 in body-colour, and also lack of depth of 

 coloni' and eonse(|ncnt failure of conlrast 

 betwcffii the colour of the cinnamon crest 

 and the clear body-fcathci's, in which nnist 

 consist much of the beauty of the bird. 

 \Ve do not Ihink thai the cntlcasour to 



produce this bii-d in perfection has ever 

 been very persistently followed out, l)ut 

 we are fully satisfied that were \)vt a few 

 gems to appear it woidd set the I-ancy in 

 a Ijlaze, and create as widely-spread a 

 taste for Crested Cinnamons in every form 

 as for Crests (tf the (ireen. Grey, and Clear 

 colours. From the nature of things, we 

 know that high-class Crested Yellows of 

 any variety must always be more rare than 

 BiifTs ; and we think that a rich, clear- 

 bodied liuff, with well-formed cinnamon- 

 coloured crest, or a bird with good cinna- 

 mon-marked wings and cinnamon ei'est, is 

 one worth trying for. and desc'rving of a. 

 leading position in our schetiules. 



Our description of the Cinnamon as a 

 member of the Colour section must here 

 cease. We shall have to refer to it again 

 when we come to s]5eak about one or two 

 varieties with which it has been crossed 

 for other than colour purposes, here only 

 asking our readers to keep in mind our line 

 of arrangement — viz. to consider the bird, 

 lirst, /)(■;■ se, and then to treat of the use 

 made of it. Its connection with the Nor- 

 wich \aiic1y. %\ ith the clTects jiroduced, 

 and the intimate nnitual relations existing 

 between the two, we have exhausted, and 

 sha.il devote the next section to the subject 

 of breeding the mo(k'rn Cinnamon. 



As the name indicates, Norwich tyjicd 

 Cinnamons should be the type of the Nor- 

 wich Flainhcad Canary, with this dilference, 

 lliaf the Cinnamon Club have dec'ided that 

 no restriction be put on size — the larger the 

 belter- so long as they are of the Norwieli 

 tv|)e, sound Cinnamoi\ cnldur, close in 

 fcalhcr. aiul good (|ualily. 



J5v the kind pei'missinn of the Ciimamon 

 Canarx' Club wf herewith gi\c their 



ScAi.i; or I'uiNis kik .JuiuaNG Cinnamon (iANAKiES 



J'ltinls 

 (liilimr .... 35 



Qualil.v of liMlher 15 



Good winu carrinHf niid coiiipactiicss of tail . 10 

 .Sliape and Ty|)c, f^ood round licad, sliowiiii; no 



lashin.Li 20 



Size 10 



CondilioM, IloalUi ami (Ui-anlincss . . 10 



Tcilal. 1110 



