THE SCOTCH FANCY CANARY 



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oi this most beautiful creation we coinnicnd 

 feather to the consideration of breeders, 

 at least, as a feature which seems to us to 

 play an important part in assisting to make 

 or break the fine curves which determine 

 outline. Capital representations of the 

 Scotch Fancy will be found in our Coloured 

 Plate and on page 201. 



Scale of Points for Judging Scotch Fancies 



Sliapc Maximum 



Head. — Small, neat and slightly oval on the 



crown ....... 5 



Neck. — Long, thin, and tapering . . .10 



Shoulders. — High, narrow, rounded, and well 



filled in between the pinions ... 10 

 Back. — Long, narrow, round, and well filled , 10 

 Breast. — Good depth through from shoulder 



without any prominence, being nicely 



arched out as the bird stands to position. 10 

 Side. — Long and well exposed ... 5 



Wings. — Long, carried very closely . . 5 



Tail. — Long and supple, with good inward curve 



well covered at base . . . .10 



Legs. — Long, without being rigid, thighs well 



covered and set into the body, shins set well 



back ....... 5 



Ncgalioc Prajiiriies 



A Scotch Fancy should not have a large, coarse head, 

 nor a high skull, nor should it have a short, thick neck : 

 neither should it have broad, angular shoulders, nor 

 show any hollow between the pinions. It should not 

 have a short, broad, or hollow back, neither should it 

 have a prominent, chubby breast, nor should the breast 

 be frilled, nor show any development of feather or 

 similar obstruction to the clear concave sweep from 

 the throat downwards. It should not be short in the 

 side, nor carry its wings so as to hide the side, nor should 

 its wings be short or in any way slovenly in carriage. 

 It should not have a short tail, neither should the tail 

 be straight and infiexiblc, broad, fan-sluiped, or deeply 

 serrated. It should not have short legs. 



contour, or :model 



A Scotch Fancy should not stand " over the perch," 

 nor should it stand rigidly erect, neither should it 

 destroy the curve-line of the body by depressing its 

 head and elevating its shoulders like a Belgian in 

 position. It should not expose its thighs, nor stand 

 with its legs forward, nor with its tail tucked-in under 

 the perch as if attached to a hinge, nor disport itself 

 in a way so as to break the continuity of the convexed 

 outline of the back. It should not be small. 



Total 70 



CONTOUR, OR MODEL 



Attitude. — Erect. Head carried well forward 

 and brought low down, with neck extended 

 and forming with back and tail — which 

 must lie curved under the perch — one 

 continuous arc. Throat, breast, and under 

 surface of the body forming the concave 

 sweep of the crescent . , . .15 



Nerve. — Sprightly regul-ition hop and smart 



ri'covery ...... 5 



Condition. — Health and sound feather . . 5 



Size 5 



Total 100 



A Scotch Fancy sliould not be sluggish or listless, 

 nor should it be slovenly or shuming in its gait, neither 

 should it be fussy or wanting in precision in any of its 

 movements. In its hop it should not make any use 

 of its wings, nor land on the opposite percli as if from 

 a flight ; nor should it appear nervous or timid or 

 cling to its perch, leaning back and thrusting its tail 

 underneath as if for a counterpoise. Neither should it 

 hesitate nor steady itself before or after its hop by 

 holding-on to the side of the cage with one foot, nor 

 should it delay a moment in whisking round into posi- 

 tion, nor in any of its motions destroy tlie general 

 outline of its shape. 





