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a very deep yellow, your parent birds 

 must be two close feathered yellow ones, 

 of the largest size and strength, as if they 

 be not, the young, though of the richest 

 colour, will be small and weak. This 

 association, however, produces the finest 

 coloured birds of all the varieties. 



In breeding "top-knot" birds, the male 

 only should have the crest, for were it 

 worn by both, the young raised would be 

 of that odious character known to dealers 

 by the quaint title of "bald-heads." 



SECT. IV. On the materials for building 

 and the best nests to be procured. 



In the selection of materials for nests, 

 the greatest care should be observed in 

 regard to their cleanliness; for on that 

 requisite depends entirely the health and 

 vigour of the young. Many articles are 

 given to the Canary for the purpose of 

 building, but nothing answers the purpose 

 so well as Cow's or Deer's hair. This 



