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CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS 



Standard. 



vidcd into t-lasscs i'or Clear {■:\\)s and Broken 



eai)s, and yet fnrther extended by giv- 



inii classes i'or cocks and 



Classifica= j^^ns. Bv the kind per- 



tion and ' c ,, r i • 



mission ol tlie Lancashire 

 and Lizard f^meiers' Associa- 

 tion, we publish their description of a 

 Lizard, with standard of jioints : 



Liziirils. liUf nil otlicr Can;irics. nrc of two varieties 

 — viz. yellow and bull jonque or silver, or Hold and 

 silver spangled. They are divi(le<l into four classes 

 — viz. Golden Spangled Clear Cap. Silver Spanjjled 

 Clear Cap, Golden Spangled Broken Cap. Silver 

 Spangled Broken Cap. 



The cap of a Lizard should be oval in sha])e. extend- 

 ing from the beak to the base of the skull. There 

 should be no dark feathers on the top of the beak, 

 and the cap should cut olT clean over the eyes, leaving 

 a fine dark line at the sides of the head, called the eye- 

 lash. The skull should be wide and proportionately 

 long, rather flat than otherwise on the top. 



The ground colour of a Gold Lizard is a golden 

 bronze, of a sofl, neutral tint. The Silver Lizard is a 

 warm, silver grey colour. It is customary to colour- 

 feed Lizards for the show bench. This considerably 

 alters the colour of the birds, giving them a nmeli 

 warmer tint, the Golds turning into something of a 

 chestnut colour, the cap a deep orange red. Colour- 

 feeding enriches the Silver Lizard very much, giving 

 the bird a soft, warm shade. This is most distinct 

 on the head : the elTect on the body is a soft, 

 velvety grey, llie sutler and more velvely the shade 

 of ground-colour appears (lie better (he bird is con- 

 sidered. A green tinge in tlie ground-colour of a I^izard 

 is a serious blennsh. 



A broken cap or mis-capped l.izanl is luic that has 

 dark feathers on the head, oilier than the line lines over 

 the eye forming the eyelash. A bird whose cap runs 

 down below the base of the skull is called over-ca])ped. 



The spangling on a bird should commence well up 

 in the neck, increasing in size to the wing coverts, each 

 row of spangles should be sei)aratc and distinct, per- 

 fectly Unable down the back. On the sides of the 

 bird the rows should commence with the lacing on 

 the butts, increasing in size lo Ihe central row down 

 the back. The wings and tail feathers should be blaek, 

 the outer edges fringed willi uold or silver, as the 

 case may be. The wings should meet at the lips. The 

 size and shape are of importance. The breast should 

 be round, full, and wide, the back broad and full, the 

 lacing feathers on wing butts should be of good size, 

 clear and distinct, lying regular, the covert feathers on 

 the wings the same, the outer edges clearly delined. 



The work on the breasl. sometimes called rowing or 

 lacing, should be soft in colour and linable. The beak, 

 legs, and feet shouhl be dark. 



Standard oi' Points 

 Cap. for size and regularity. . . .10 



Ground colour . .... 15 



Eyelasli ....... 5 



Spangle, for size, quantity, and regularity . 30 



Wings and tail . ..... 10 



Size 5 



Lacing and covert feathers on wings, for size 



and regularity ..... 5 



Breast, for rowing or lacing. ... 10 



Beak, legs and feet, for d,arUness. . . 5 



Condition, health, etc. .... 5 



Total 



100 



Nci/ativc Pioperlies 



A Lizard should not be hazy or indislinet in spangling, 

 nor should its spangles be arranged without regard to 

 regularity, nor should they have small eyes, nor should 

 the terminal edges be of a character inconsistent wit.i 

 the true type of feather of the class to which the bird 

 may belong, nor should any Silver trait whatever be 

 mixed with Gold, or the opposite. It should not have 

 a narrow skull or a narrow ca]), nor should the cap be 

 sensibly narrower at the back than the front, nor 

 should the back of it be pointed or extend further than 

 the base of the skull. There should not be the slightest 

 indentation in margin of the cap, nor should it include 

 any portion of the eye or face in its area, which should 

 be neither run, broken, nor fouled by a single sjjcck. 

 .\ Lizard should not have a pale throat or show a dear 

 spot under the beak, nor have a pale breast. It should 

 not exhibit a .grey or a white feather in wing or tail ' 

 ill its show-dress. It should not show liuht Hue or 

 white skin anywhere except on the crown. It should 

 not show a dirty green cast in its ground-colour, or 

 any shade that is not brilliant and decided in tone. 

 It should not have white beak, legs, lect, or 

 claws. 11 should not be shown dirty, nor in such loose 

 eondilion of feather as may militate against the most 

 elTeelive display of every beauty belonging to Uis- 

 tinelivc Plumage. 



The same applies to broken ea]iped birds, except 

 the references to cap. 



J >isijii(ill/icafion.'i 

 A white feather either in the llights or tail : or a 

 clear feather in any other part of the wing or on the 

 body. 



The scale for judging broken cajiped classes is the 

 same as the foregoing, except that the points for cap 

 may be distributed jiroportionately over spangle and 

 colour. 



