THE OLD DUTCH CANARY AND DUTCH FRILL z^^y 



rule of pairing Clear cock to Clear hen and 

 Marked cock to ^Marked hen ; but much the 

 better plan is to pair a Clear and Marked 

 together — buff and yellow, of course. You 

 can then produce both Clear and ]\Iarked 

 birds from the same pair. It is also an 

 advantage occasionally to pair two Buffs 

 together, as by this method you keej) the 

 web of the feather thick, and this tends to 

 better curls. The birds, however, must 

 have the tendency to long, curly feathers 

 or mere double-buffing will not produce it. 

 If it did, how is it the frequently double- 

 buffed German Canary is so small and tight 

 in feather ? 



The management and feeding is prac- 

 tically the same as for other Canaries, 



except that many Conti- 

 Management. ,11 1 



nental breeders give no 



green food and add a little millet seed to 

 their seed mixture. We have found them 

 as well without this seed, and they enjoy a 

 little green food without ill effects, and we 

 have never withheld it. The hens not being 

 over-attentive mothers, many Continental 

 breeders use German hens as foster-parents. 

 English breeders will also do well to give 

 their eggs to German, Norwich, or York- 

 shires to sit, hatch, and rear, letting the 

 Dutch Frill hens sit on dummy eggs for the 

 period of incubation fourteen days before 

 encouraging them to go on breeding again. 

 At good exhibitions on the Continent these 

 birds have eight classes allotted to them, 

 as follows : — {a) Clear Yellow Cock, {b) 

 Clear Buff Cock, (c) Clear Yellow Hen, {d) 

 Clear Buff Hen, {e) Yellow Yariegated 

 Cock, (/) Buff Yariegated Cock, (g) Yellow 

 Variegated Hen, (/*) Buff Variegated Hen. 



By kind permission of the Editor of 

 Canary and Cage Bird Life we give Baron 

 du Theirs standard for this bird printed 

 in that paper : — 



Standard for Judging Dutch Frill 



Canaries 

 maximum 



Size. — As larfjc as possible 

 Attitude.— Elegant, slightly curved (above all 

 without a humpy appearance), firmly 

 set and well elevated on the legs 

 Feathers.— Long, fmc, and silky 



1st. — These should be parted down the 

 back, falling symmetrically down the 

 back, called le manteau (the mantle) . 

 2nd. — Those on the chest undulating or 

 w'avy-like, converging to the centre in 

 the shape of a shell, called the " craw " 

 — le jabot ..... 



3rd. — Those to the right and left forming 



two very fine branches of feathers in the 



region of the thigh-bone, well formed 



and frilled up. These are called " fins " 



or " nageoires " or " oriflammes " 



If these last frills exist on one side only, or 



if the feathers are flowing down and not, 



as it were, affording a support for the 



wings, the bird is not a show bird. 



Tall. — The tail should be long, with a few fine 



feathers drooping each side of the rump, 



accompanying the large feathers of the 



tail ; these are called cock feathers (plumes 



de coq) ...... 



Wings. — Only to cross slightly. Some clubs 

 prefer them to meet like those of a 

 Yorkshire Canary ..... 



Head. — Size in proportion to the body without 

 any crest, but if the back of head is slightly 

 hooded, as in the case of a Jacobin Pigeon, 

 additional points are allowed, but this is not 

 essential ...... 



Legs. — Long and supple without stiffness 

 Colour. — LIsual Canary colours — yellow, buff, 

 or variegated, with bright plumage, not 

 patchy in colour ..... 



Condition. — Vigorous, showing nerve and action 

 Cleanliness . 



10 



in 



10 



12 



10 

 5 



10 

 10 



Total 100 



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