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wing or tail only) and Foul (broken in body feather) 

 This meant that a full classification gave twelve classes, 

 which could by giving the unfiighted birds equal repre- 

 sentation be increased to twenty-four classes. 



Regarding the Foul Greens, some do not believe in 

 catering for them. Much may be said in favour of these 

 classes as being an outlet for birds that are not perfect as 

 self-coloured birds, and this no doubt is the reason 

 which causes some to stick to the variety when otherwise 

 they might drop it for some other variety or perhaps 

 leave the fancy altogether. But these classes may cause 

 breeders to be more careless in their mating, and, instead 

 of their sole aim being to breed sound, self-coloured 

 Green Birds, which should be the ambition of all Green 

 breeders, they, instead of discarding birds with white 

 feathers in wings and tail and light throats and vents, 

 keep and breed with them, knowing that there is a chance 

 of exhibiting them in these classes for foul and pied birds. 



The chief aim snd object of the breeder of Greens should 

 be the self-coloured bird. That is the Simon Pure. But 

 the provision of these foul and pied classes does give a 

 greater range of competition, and, if breeders are careful 

 in the selection of their breeding stock, I do not think 

 the ill effects which some have feared will arise. On the 

 other hand, I think it quite possible that by careful use 

 the pied birds will clear the colour, and eliminate in great 

 measure the ill-effects of the Cinnamon blood. White 

 blood does this in other kinds of stock, and I see no reason 

 why it should not in the Green Yorkshire. But I would 

 urge the use of birds that are pied in wing and tail, not 

 those that are broken, or pied, in body feather only. 



The Selection of Greens for Breeding. 



Much of subsequent success of a stud of Greens depends 

 upon the selection of the original breeding stock, and the 

 young fancier should start out fully imbued with the idea 

 that, though his birds must be Yorkshires, they must 

 be Green Yorkshires. Colour should be sine qua non. 

 He should give careful attention to the soundness of 

 colour in the birds he intends to try and breed his winners 

 from. Avoid those with light throats, waists, and vents. 



