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chest round, full and deep, its body should be short, also 

 its flights and tail. The shape of a good Crested canary 

 should be that of a robin, only possessing more substance 

 of body. The legs should be short and the bird should 

 stand well across the perch in a free, cosy, and graceful 

 manner. 



The Crest-bred must possess the same body characteris- 

 tics as the Crest, and the bodies of both must be densely 

 covered with feather of great length and width, yet not 

 coarse. The beak must be short. The head very wide, 

 round, dome-shaped, and covered with an abundance of 

 long wide feather which must commence immediately 

 over the beak (this is called the entrance), and continue 

 over the crown into the poll. The feather of a good 

 Crest-bred should when turned back come over the head 

 and cover the beak. This is styled " having a good 

 turn back." Important as it is that the feather should 

 cover the beak when turned from the back of the skull, 

 yet far more important is it that when it is turned back 

 from the centre of the skull, or even just behind the fore- 

 head or brow, it should do so. Many birds that turn 

 well from the back of the skull do not do so near the brow. 

 The eyebrows also should be well covered, or " lashed " 

 with feather. 



Objectionable Properties in Crests. 



Narrow or pointed frontals, breaks in the radiation 

 either over the beak, the sides, or back. A bare patch 

 on the back of the skull just under the crest, known as 

 " hollow backed " horns, that is tufts of feather at the 

 back of the crest. A flat, hairy crest, an ill-defined centre 

 spoken of as " rough in centre," or badly placed centre, 

 which makes the crest out of balance, lightness or lifting 

 of the crest feather, thin brows. Narrow or pinched- 

 back skull and neck, long body, shallow or flat chest, 

 badly carried wings and tail, and slack body feather. 



Thoughts on Breeding. 



Knowing what we do want, and also what we are to 

 avoid, we come to the consideration of the all-important 



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