8 THE ROLLER CANARY 
that is laid down here. I venture to hope that it will 
prove useful and educative and interesting to all. 
The reader is asked to pardon the use of foreign 
words, and foreign vowels. As regards the former, most 
of them are manufactured in imitation of the notes of 
the birds. As regards the vowels, it is common know- 
ledge that our five English vowels do not represent all 
the vowel sounds, such for instance as the French or 
Welsh ‘“‘u,’ the Italian ‘‘o,” etc. I have therefore set 
forth a short simple list of vowel signs and their English 
equivalents, and the reader will find it easy to familiarize 
himself with them. 
Vowels used in this treatise and their English 
equivalents : 
a is pronounced as a in papa, haha. 
e is pronounced as our short a in mate, rate. 
i is pronounced as e in fee, glee. 
o is pronounced as 0 in go, no. 
u is pronounced as oo in pool, cool. 
a is pronounced as our long a in hay, way. 
6 is pronounced as u in fur, cur, without rolling 
the 6,” 
ui is the French or Welsh u; it is pronounced as ee 
(fee) with the lips rounded, and almost closed, as in 
ee ”» 
whistling ; the sound is half-way between our “u” and 
a 
This edition has been thoroughly revised and much 
new matter added, so that “The Roller Canary ”’ as it 
now appears is indeed an authoritative and valuable text 
book, and an authority on all that pertains to the 
Breeding, Rearing and Training of the Roller Canary. 
THE EpITor. 
