BREEDING AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT 69 



The practice of ringing the young in Canarydom is 

 almost univer'^al. Some use the open and others the closed 

 rings, the rings being either coloured or engraved with 

 numbers as a means of distinction. 



Ringing, hke everything else, has both its adherents 

 and those who are not favourable to the custom. The 

 principal object of the rings is to indicate clearly the 

 parentage of the different birds, and fanciers with a 

 number of breeding pairs know how very essential it is 

 to have correct particulars of pedigree, especially if the 

 birds are exhibition or high-class stock. It is admitted 

 that ringing, es- 

 pecially close-ring- 

 ing, has its disad- 

 vantages, but I 

 think I am correct 

 in saying that 

 many of the acci- 

 dents are due to 

 the lack of experi- 

 ence of the owner 

 rather than the 

 practice. 



The three rings 

 illustrated are 

 those most com- 

 monly used. All 

 are made from 

 aluminium, a 

 metal noted for 

 its lightness and 

 cleanliness. The 

 case for each might 

 be summed up as 

 follows : — 



Fig. A. — Com- 

 mon pattern open 

 ring. Coloured 

 rings are invari- 

 ably made to this 

 pattern. The 

 rings are placed 

 on the legs of the 



