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for them at the principal shows. Size, colour, and form are 

 the most essential points recognised in this variety. 



The colour should be of a decided green throughout, clear 

 and bright, and free from dinginess. Sometimes the colour is 

 described as " grass green ; " bu* at any rate it should be a 

 pleasant yellowish green, free from stripiness and black marks, 

 and as level and evenly distributed over the entire surface 

 of the body as possible; light throats, rumps, vents, thighs 

 and bellies are decidedly objectionable, and birds with these 

 faults should be discarded, as also those of a dull blackish 

 green shade. 



BREEDING. To produce good specimens fit for the show 

 bench, I would recommend the crossing of pure Norwich 

 Greens with birds bred between a good Cinnamon and a Green 

 plain-head, bred from large modern Crested- Norwich birds. 

 Select a bird with a large, broad skull, and a stout, massive 

 body, not too long in feather, but of a good colour and shape 

 a good green Yorkshire bred from a Cinnamon strain may 

 also be used with advantage but for my own part I prefer a 

 bird that is inclined to be bulky in body, and massive in 

 head and neck, provided the colour is right, as I admire sub- 

 stance as well as length in these birds. Do not pair two 

 dark Greens together, but a dark Green mated with a pale 

 Green frequently produce progeny of the right stamp. It 

 is not material whether the male or female is light or dark, 

 but I prefer the hen to be light and the cock to be dark. 

 The faults or negative properties of a Green bird are : Dark 

 stripes on the back or breast, light coloured throats, sides, 

 breasts, vents, rumps, and thighs. Like the present day 

 Cinnamons, these birds are found in various sizes and styles ; 

 but a large, well-formed bird of the approved colour and 

 free from the faults mentioned is pretty sure to win. Green, 

 like Cinnamon, is a colour that is easily preserved, but I 

 certainly would advise the breeders of this variety to select 

 self-coloured birds to breed from as much as possible; but 

 if large size is deemed essential, it will be necessary occasionally 

 to use a flecked or variegated bird, and I know of no bird so 



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