170 CANARIES 



birds marked wings and tail, and birds marked eyes and 

 tail. It is an open question which is the most valuable 

 of the two. Eye markings anything like perfection are 

 at all times difficult to obtain. The style of eye-marking 

 desired was that known as pear-shaped, the mark covering 

 the front of the eye, coming over and under the eye, and 

 finishing in a fine Une behind the eye. 



Although classes are no longer provided for the Even- 

 Marks, we have a number of birds to-day that naturally 

 are as well marked as were the birds which used to com- 

 pete in the Evenly-Marked classes, but as they can now 

 be shown in the variegated classes there is no incentive to 

 trim or fake them. More than that, breeders of to-day 

 prefer to exhibit these birds in their natural condition, 

 and whilst striving to breed them as nearly even-marked 

 as possible are quite content to compete in classes where 

 markings are not the beginning and the ending of com- 

 petition, especially so as the opportunities to do so are 

 more frequent than they were in the old days. 



Standard of Perfection. 



This Standard is for Clear and Ticked Yorkshires. 



Points 

 Head. — Small and round and narrow . . . . . . 5 



Neck. — Moderately long, straight and well filled . . 5 

 Shoulders. — Narrow, rounded, and well filled in . . 5 

 Body. — Back, long and straight, well filled ; wings 

 long, tight and well-balanced ; breast, round 

 and smooth ; waist, shm and neat. The body 

 must taper gradually from the shoulders to 

 the tail, and the length over all be 6| inches . . 20 

 Legs. — Long, and thighs well set in body and covered 5 

 Tail. — Long, straight, tightly packed . . . . 5 



Position. — Erect, bold, and nervy in appearance, 

 head, neck, back, and tail carried in a straight 



line 20 



Feather. — Body feather short, compact, silky in tex- 

 ture ; wings and tail tightly braced . . . . 20 



Colour. — Sound and even . . . . . . . . 5 



Condition. — General smartness and cleanliness . . 10 



Total 100 



