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shire " birds are still larger, and longer in shape. The 

 " Coppies " are very large stout birds, with clear crests 

 or " coppies." The " London Fancy " birds have 

 degenerated so much of late years, from repeatedly 

 breeding from the same stock, that they are now very 

 small and weakly. The perfect birds should be of a 

 deep golden colour throughout, excepting the wings 

 and tail, which should be black ; but they only keep 

 the perfect plumage for one year, losing the black 

 feathers of the wings and tail more and more in each 

 successive moulting. The like degeneration of plumage 

 occurs with the "Lizard" Canaries/ very beautiful birds 

 of a deep golden bronze green, the feathers spangled 

 with yellow or white throughout, excepting the crowa 

 of the head, which is deep yellow in the birds known 

 as " Golden -spangled " and white in the "Silver- 

 spangled" Lizards. The "Cinnamon" Canaries are so 

 called from their resemblance in colour to the cinnamon 

 bark, but of late years the colouring has become much 

 richer, and the "Jonque " birds (for there are "Jonque" 

 and "Buff" Cinnamons)' are of a rich golden brown, 

 still with the cinnamon tinge. They resemble the 

 Norwich birds in shape. 



The Belgian Canaries, at first imported from 

 Belgium, are now extensively bred in England ; they 

 are very long, slender birds, standing very high on 

 their long legs, with such extremely high shoulders as 

 to look quite humpbacked, Those which are con- 



