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breds, and at the Costal Palace of that year was given 

 the first classification for these birds, which up till then 

 had only been looked upon as stock birds, and were sold 

 for about as many shillings as their companions fetched 

 pounds. I give the classes together with the number of 

 entries in each : — Clear, Ticked, or Lightly Marked 

 Yellow (13) ; Heavily Marked, Variegated or Green 

 Yellow (16) ; Clear, Ticked, or Lightly Marked Buff (33). 

 Heavily Marked, Variegated, or Green Buff (18) ; Any 

 Variety Yellow Hen (15) ; Any Variety Buff Hen (21) ; 

 The late Joe Bexson, of Derby, was the Judge. From 

 thence onward Crest-bred classes have been provided. 

 At the same show the Crest classes were Evenly marked 

 Yellow (12) ; Evenly marked Buff (20) ; Ticked Yellow 

 (17) ; Ticked Buff (26) ; Clear Body Yellow (11) ; Clear 

 Body Dark Crested Buff (14) ; Clear Body Light Crest 

 Buff (13). 



All lovers of these beautiful birds must lament the fact 

 that such classes have not been seen for some years. 

 Shall we ever see them again ? If breeders will only adopt 

 a more reasonable idea of the value of stock the Crested- 

 bred Norwich will come again — of that I have no doubt. 



The Introduction of the Coppy. 



"When I first remember the variety there was great 

 division and much discussion owing to the appearance 

 on the show bench of several birds which, whilst they 

 had much improved head-gear, were not of Norwich type. 

 This was towards the close of the 'seventies. Two very 

 sensational birds were a couple shown at Nottingham in 

 1879 by Mr. Thompson, of Lancaster. They were 

 far in front of any Crested Norwich shown before, but 

 they were before their time, so to speak ; opinion had not 

 ripened enough for their admittance, and they were 

 disqualified. Why ? Because they had what were then 

 styled Coppy backs to their crests, and were somewhat 

 elongated in body. One of the most notable of the 

 then modern innovations was a most beautiful bird known 

 as " Sunshine," which was bred in 1883 by Mr. G. E. 

 Russell, of Brierley Hill, and sold by him to Mr. J. Bastock, 

 of Birmingham. This bird had a most wonderful career. 



