CHAPTER II. 



TAEIETIES OF THE CANAET. 



Since tlie introduction of the first wild birds into 

 Europe many distinct varieties Lave occurred ; some 

 writers enumerating more than twenty, but as we 

 think that it would be difficult to classify so many, 

 allowing each a sufficient difference to constitute a 

 distinct variety, we shall only describe those where 

 the diffisrence is so marked as to entitle it to be con- 

 sidered a distinct breed. 



They may be divided into ten varieties, viz. : — The 

 London Fancy (of which our coloured frontispiece is 

 so faithful a portrait), with black wings and tail ; the 

 Lizards, the Yorkshire Spangles, the Norwich Yellows, 

 the G-reen, the Cinnamon, the Pale Yellow, the Pure 

 "White, the Belgian, and the Turncrest. We will 

 proceed to describe them in the order in which we 

 have here given them : 



The London Pancy, — known as the London 

 Taney because it is there that it is chiefly bred — may 

 be thus described : — The tody — rich golden yellow or 

 deep orange, without any approach to a pale or mealy 



