286 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



and a heavily VariefiaU'd Civsl (ajipari'iitly a a IlKiroii.uli faiu'icr. his fiilhusiasm ^ixiiiii an 



luMi). This hiller, which would have- l)i'fii a keen insijihl inio the hrccdiiig of his slock which 



compclitor on the show-bench, 1 liad Ihc mis- allows him to .yras]) and work out successfully 



fortune lo lose when about six weeks old, I hrouf^h and nul iKjdically any recurring faults wiiich 



some ' idle ' young Norwich pulling oul mosi from linir lo I inic ap|)car. 11 pays one lo work 



of its tail feathers, caushig it to lose a large u]) Iheir sloik from Ihc beginning -viz. slock 



quantity of blood, hut the Crcslbred went ahead birds — as a breeder has a far beller hold, and 



and grew into one of the finest birds seen on has far more inleresl in birds of merit llial he 



the show-liench at thai time. has bred himself. 



Whilst it is a fault for a C.resl or Cresllu-cd ■■ I'nlike oilier \arielics, colour is iiol lakcn 



lo have a small head, il is wonderful (he amount so much into consideration, length of fcalhcr 



of feather which can be carried on a small head. and size of cresi being the main poinls : bul 1 



and as long as birds have heads of the corrccl lind we musi haxe Ihe Yellow blood, as Mure is 



formation, it does not always pay to discard a ceilain quality of fealher we must adhere 



such; in fact, it is often when endeavouring to lo. 1 have bred, from Yellows and Huffs ]K\ii-ed 



work an improvement that we breed our cliam- togetiicr. HulTs as long and dense in luad- 



pions. Such was the case when 1 bred my bird fealher as from I wo liulTs. yel il is nol so in 



■ King Edward.' He was a great sensation at the general ])iaclice. .M\' melhod of inlr(i<luciug 



lime, and won many cups. etc. 1 had all along colour is lo lake a BulY l)rcd from a ^ ellow 



Ihe line ke])! i]i stock a bird or Iwo bred from bird. This improves the qualily wilhoul Ihe risk 



a Bull Cresl cock brother to my old Yellow allacheil lo running a Yellow bird direcl. Of 



Crestbred first menlioned. and had been working course, lo do this one musI needs kec]) a Yellow 



these in with a \cry neal Ci-esled sli-ain. and strain of Ihe very besl. 1 lind a gi'eat deal of 



although I bred siune lUce C.i'esls and neat, careful selei'tion must take ])lace to maintain 



they were small from an exhibiliou point of cpiality of feather williniil direct contact with 



view. 1 paired half-aunt and half-uncle together. Yellow. When any of my birds show a tendency 



From this pair 1 bred a trille beller birds, but to be what is termed ' fme ' in fealher, I sclecL 



still not what 1 c\pecli-(l. ,\mongst them was i)arlncrs for them with nice broad, leafy fealher, 



a rather small-bodied bul fair size, leafy (j-est and continue to do this until the tendency has 



hen. Although small in head. 1 paired Ihis up disappeared. 



lo a large Green Crest bi'cd cock, with tine large " The most important of all points in breeding 



head and grand length of feather. The hrsl nest Crests is the selection of the Crestbred. In 



all the eggs got broken but one. This hatched selccling lids bird have Ihe i)roper-sha[)ed head 



and was reared, being none other than Ihe abo\'e- and good fealher. This to my nund is one of Ihe 



named ' King lulward.' 1 bad adhered In Ihe main roads lo success. The feather of a i/ood 



theory that liy breeihng-in Ihe desired poinls Ciestbrcd to-'lay will cover a li\c shilling piece 



(not l)l(Hid iclalioiisi carefully eacii year 1 was wlien turnecl <i\ei' with lids toin. (Combined 



bound lo succei'd in the end. These neat (j-csts with Ihis lenglli and spread we should have 



ai)|)cale(l to me, and 1 could never screw myself density and qualil\. as in Ihe Crest ; bid unless 



up to ijarting with them, allhougl, they had a (Crestbred has a nice c(|ual spread w hen lui-ned 



been so far ' (lisapi)oiidnu'nts ' ; l)ul thi,^ shows o\er with linger or coin, it is not id' much 



the \alue of a little |)atience and persexerance. \alne in I lie breeding of good Crests. II is also 



'King I'^dwaril ' was as round in the crt'sl as an advantage if the Crestbred is descended from 



possible, the centre very neat and rigid in the a lirst-class crested slrain--a strain where the 



centre of the crest, and indeed was more llian blood of Ihe (a'cst and Crestbred has been 



a wonder when one loid\ed at the size (if his thoroughly inlerniingled, and which has been 



iiKdher. whose nealness he inheriled conibined carried oul on well-thoughl-oul lines. I always 



with the size of his faliirr. who also was bred endcavoui' as fai' as possible to bi'eed my 



from a large (j-esi cock. The nexl iiesi ficim bii'ds togethei-. so that il is just as iiossibli' lo 



this pair also proved grand birds, one (irecn breed as good a Cresl as (a'cstbrcd, and in this 



cock oft-limes a winner, and a nearly Green OesI- I have been very successful; bul 1 have found 



bred hen. siilcndid head formation and h'alher. that il is ahvaxs pnliex to favour Ihe Ciisl as 



winning many distinctions, including Crsstal bi-eedeis will know, imu-c Crestbreds aic lu'ed 



I'alacc Show, and also bred me some good I han Crests, so I hat il pays lo fa\ our the Cresled 



winners. side, 



"It is most interesting and inslrucli\e lo "My ordinary pairing is (a'csted cock bred 



follow up the breeding oul of faulls in one's fioni (Crestbred cock lo Crestlircd hen bred 



slock, and although sometimes one conies across from (Crested hen. or \ ice versa. I lia\e in some 



cases more si uldioiii to remove I han others, yel cases succeeded by inbreeding, bid ni\ eliief 



it is lliese very self-same cases which go to make giiitle has been selection. Hy this latter means 1 



