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CANARIES 



ing yellow Plainhead Norwich cock and a yellow Lan- 

 cashire. There are plenty of the former to be had ; Nor- 

 wich would give colour, shape, and style. The latter 

 would give Crest qualities but little else, and would 

 need to be used very carefully. The chief thing to con- 

 sider at first would be the getting of the yellow colour, 

 and in mating up the progeny from the first year's breeding 

 all the yellows would have to be used if it was at all 

 possible, because it would not be wise to use either the 

 Plainhead Norwich or the Lancashire more than once at 

 the start. One can only speak generally on such a 

 matter as this, but I should take the very best yellow 



A Study in Heads. 



Crest-bred 

 too flat in skull. 



Crest split in front. 



Crest with weak 

 sides. 



Crest-bred cock if there was one amongst the progeny 

 and pair him back to his own mother, that is the variegated 

 or Green-Crest hen, then I should mate any other yellows 

 there were to other buffs of the same strain. I should 

 work in the same way with the progeny from the Lanca- 

 shire pairing the best yellow Crest-bred to his dam. 

 If I thought they lent themselves to it I might pair some 

 of the first cross Lancashire-Crests with some of the 

 Norwich Plainhead-Crests, and thus build up my strain. 



Breeding for Crest Properties 



We now consider the ordinary mating of Crests and 

 Crest-breds so as to produce show birds. When starting 

 Crest breeding, the fancier must be prepared to lay out a 

 large sum of money — that is, if he means to become a 

 successful exhibitor. I should not advise the indis- 

 criminate purchasing of a lot of prize-winners, but rather 



