yuDGLVG Yorkshire Canaries. 



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good form and merely irregular variegation, but superior form will count above anything in this 

 class ; thus giving an appreciable value to a fair attempt at technical marking in a mixed 

 class, whih superior form still remains the standard feature. 



Points of Merit. 



Colour — Purity and brilliancy 



Uniform distribution : bade free from darlc 

 stripes ; breast and under-surface of body 

 even throughout ; marginal edging of ilights 

 and tail-feathers bright green ... 



Shape, Size, and Carriage — For Yorkshire pro 



perties generally 

 Feather — Short and fine 

 Beak, Legs, and Feet— As dark as possible 

 Condition — Health, and clean, sound feather 



Total 



Maximum. 

 5° 



Negative Properties. 



A Green Yorkshire sirould not be of a dull shade of colour, 

 neither should it show any tinge of yellow or bronze, nor 

 should it lack lustre. It should not show dark stripes on the 

 back, nor on the under-surface of the body or in any other 

 place should there be any departure from the genuine character 

 of the pure Green ; neither should the marginal edging of the 

 flights or tail be wanting in colour. It should not be small in 

 size, slovenly in carriage, or loose in feather, nor should a good 

 specimen have light-coloured legs. 



Disqualification. 

 The presence of a white feather in any part of the body, or a 

 decided "break" in the colour. 



The above scale can be applied to any torm whatever in which the Green Canary is found, 

 by substituting for "Size, Shape, and Carriage" the characteristic features of the particulai 

 bird with which it is proposed to connect the colour. We have constructed it with colour as 

 its base, and with so large a margin for individual character, in order that it may be so applied. 



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