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Canaries axd Cage-Birds. 



CRESTED. 



(a) CLEAR BODY WITH CRKST OF ANY COLOUR. 



Shape of crest, depending on — 



Form of individual feathers : ovate 



Fall of feathers : radiating and drooping 



Position and size of centre 



Front of crest : broad and round ... ... ... ... 



Back of crest: well fiUed-in 



Size of crest : length of feather and area 



Density of crest ; quantity of feather 



Colour of crest : dark, to be preferred 



Colour of Bird: depth and purity ... 



Feather — Compactness of body-feather and carriage of wings and tail ... 



Size and Shape 



Condition 



Ma.ximum. 

 5 

 5 

 S 

 5 

 5 



ID 



5 

 5 



(/') evenly-marked crested. 



Crest (deducting colour-points from foregoing scale) 

 Marking — Exactness of wing-marking 



Saddle — Width and clear margin 



Body-colour— Depth and purity 



Feather — Compactness of body-feather and carriage of wings and tail 



Size and Shape 



Condition 



Maximum. 

 40 



It is scarcely necessary to fix any scale for judging the VARIEGATED CRESTED birds. It will 

 have been gathered from our detailed description of them that in their case the crest is virtually 

 the entire bird if expressed in numerical values. But inasmuch as it may be desirable to set some 

 limit to coarseness of feather and other objectionable features which have crept in with the 

 crest, we give the following values to certain necessary points and apportion the balance to the 

 crest : — 



(f) variegated crested. 



Body-colour — Depth and brilliancy 



Feather — Compactness of body-feather and carriage of wings and tail 



Size and Shape 



Condition 



Crest 



Total 



We have not referred to the negative or adverse properties of Crested birds in any of the 

 foregoing scales, the most objectionable types of crest having been described and illustrated 

 by cuts. 



