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better than in a light place. Strong light makes any 

 bird sing louder and more shrill, and so ruins the 

 voice of a soft, sweet singer. Strong light also makes 

 a canary restless, and should be avoided. 



THE ENGLISH CANARIES find great favor with those 

 who admire large, high-color birds. Their singing is 

 louder than that of the German birds, but they have 

 many odd, wild-bird notes. 



THE MANCHESTERS, being both long and thick, are 

 the largest canary. Some have plain heads ; others 

 have thick, full crests falling over the eyes. There 

 are yellow birds with green crests and wings. The 

 all-green with heavy, green crests are especially 

 handsome. 



THE NORWICH CANARY, not so large, but with 

 higher colors, deep gold, both clear and mottled, and 

 also the odd filbert or cinnamon colors, are all in de- 

 mand. From these, strong, beautiful birds may be 

 bred. 



THE RED CANARY is obtained by breeding from the 

 gold or gold and green colors, and when the young 

 are about eight weeks old and begin to shed their 

 body feathers, feeding the cayenne pepper in sufficient 

 quantity to color the plumage a cayenne shade. Some 

 of the imported birds are a clear cayenne color, 

 others have dark green crests, or green on wings or 

 body. 



THE RED FOOD is now prepared and sold here, 

 ready to be mixed with egg, for food for coloring the 

 young birds. 



GOLD-SPANGLED LIZARD CANARIES, also bred origi- 



