CANARY BIRDS. 13 





 The latter are considered the strongest, and 



have the boldest song. Jonks, or Jonquils, 

 is also a term applied to those of a pure yel- 

 low. There is also a variety called the 

 Lizard, the plumage of which is of a green- 

 ish-bronze throughout, excepting the upper 

 part of the head, which is covered by a 

 patch of clear yellow, and this variety is 

 looked upon as the nearest of kin to the ori- 

 ginal stock. 



The Jonquil, as its name denotes, is re- 

 quired to be of a deep pure yellow, entirely 

 free from any green tinge. 



In the Mealy Bird, the golden plumage 

 of back, breast, and head, appear frosted 

 over, or powdered, through the small feath- 

 ers, thus producing a whitish edge. 



In breeding the Fancy Birds great profi- 

 ciency is shown in judicious pairing. A 

 Mealy Bird and a Jonquil being put 

 together, the produce will not prove a mix- 

 ture of the qualities of the parent birds, but 

 the character of one or the other will appear 



