322 The Canary Book. 



which it has to be sent; it then appears with a three-parts 

 grown tail, which completely hides the defect. 



An open badly filled-in centre is a great drawback to an 

 otherwise good bird, and this is one of those faults for which 

 no remedy can be discovered; but in order to prevent such a 

 fault appearing conspicuous, some exhibitors have recourse to 

 dye, a subterfuge which frequently deceives a judge ; and how 

 few of these men there are who, when they do detect these 

 fraudulent practices, have the moral courage to expose them, 

 and more particularly so when the birds are the property 

 of a professional exhibitor and these are invariably the 

 offenders. 



The question may be asked How are the judges to know? 

 Yery easily ; show cages tell tales ; and after a judge has had 

 a bird through his hands at three or four different shows, it 

 presents what they term " an old familiar face." 



The points for judging this variety should be the same as 

 those given for adjudicating on the original variety of 

 Norwich-Crested Canaries. 



The illustration is taken from my bird " Titan," and he is 

 an excellent representative of a true Norwich- Crested Canary 

 of the modern variety, fined down. 



In this year of grace, 1891, we have reached a climax in 

 the breeding of this much esteemed variety. The old type of 

 Crested Norwich has now entirely disappeared from the show 

 bench, as it would in these days of " Giants " stand a meagre 

 chance of success, for the modern type are such " monsters," as 

 some of their admirers are pleased to term tho.m. The fact is, 

 that the new variety is so thoroughly impregnated with Lanca- 

 shire Coppy blood that there is a great deal more of the Lanca- 

 shire in their composition than that of the Norwich, by which 

 name they are still known ; but this I consider very unfair to the 

 Lancashire breeders, and I hope some day that they will be 

 known and recognised under the title of dark-crested Lan- 

 cashires. I do not condemn the innovation of the Lancashire 

 blood, as it has greatly improved the Norwich in many 



