268 The Canary Book. 



the colours, wliicli is so readily apparent in the cross with 

 the Belgian canaries, but which is not nearly so perceptible in 

 birds bred between the Cinnamon and Norwich Fancy varieties. 

 Indeed, whenever I look upon a superb specimen of an evenly- 

 marked buff Cinnamon a cross between the Belgian Fancy and 

 Cinnamon varieties it invariably reminds me of that beautiful 

 bird the turbit pigeon. It may be thought by some a rather 

 singular comparison, but such is the fact, nevertheless ; there is 

 something so serenely pure, so mild, affectionate, and innocent- 

 looking about them (when clean and in proper condition) that I 

 often wonder how any person can look upon them without 

 admiring and esteeming them. 



It is greatly to be regretted that any difference of opinion 

 should exist among fanciers in regard to this variety, as it 

 undoubtedly has been the means of preventing, to a considerable 

 extent, the propagation of one of the most beautiful and charm- 

 ing of our cross-breeds. 



Cinnamon, as well as most of the Cinnamon variegated, birds, 

 have eyes of a pink or palish red colour, and they can be dis- 

 tinguished by this peculiarity when they are only a day or two 

 old, as the pink shows through the thin film which covers the eyes 

 of the young birds. 



BREEDING. -It is a little singular, but none the less true, if 

 you .cross a Cinnamon canary with one of any other colour or 

 breed, you may rest assured that the cinnamon colour will 

 predominate eventually, if it does not in the first instance. 

 To illustrate my meaning more clearly, we will suppose that 

 you have mated a Cinnamon .and a Belgian canary for the 

 purpose of a cross, we will likewise presume that among the 

 progeny obtained from this pair of birds is one perfectly clear 

 in colour. The following year you mate this bird with a 

 Belgian canary again, or one of a similar breed, and you 

 will find that some of the produce of the latter cross will be 

 Cinnamon or Cinnamon Variegated, but most probably the 

 last-named kind. I have known instances of this occur in 

 the fourth and fifth generations, when the Cinnamon bird 

 first used was well bred and free from any other cross or 

 admixture of foreign blood. The colour of the cross breeds 





