FARMERS BULLETIN 770. 



(litions it may never recover its own. The typical Belgian canary is 

 a large bird with a small head, long, slender neck, large shoulders, 

 and a long, tapering body. It is primarily a bird of "position." 

 When examined it hops up on a perch and throwing its shoulders up 

 brings the head down Avell below their level. The back and tail form 

 a perpendicular line and the feet are held close together. 



Another bird of position is the Scotch fancv canary (fig. 2). This 

 variety resembles the Belgian, but when in position throws the tail 

 in under the perch until its outline in profile is almost a semicircle. 



Another well-marked variety is the cinnamon canary, one of the 

 earliest forms to appear, but one whose origin is wholly unknown. 

 Its true color is a dun or dull brown that has been likened to 

 cinnamon. In exhibition birds the color is usuallv intensified bv 



Fig. 1. — Belgian fancy canary. 



Fig. 2. — Scotch fancy canary. 



color feeding (see p. 12). In addition to the body color the cinnamon 

 canary is peculiar in possessing red or pink eyes, a character that 

 denotes cinnamon blood even in a yellow or buff bird. The cinnamon 

 inheritance is transmitted only by the male; young reared from a 

 cinnamon mother and a male of any other form lacking cinnamon 

 blood never show signs of their cinnamon parentage. 



Among the old-established varieties that now are in decadence 

 none is more striking than the lizard canary (fig. 3). Lizard 

 canaries are known as gold or silver according as the body color is 

 j^ellow or silvery gray. The wings and tail are black and the back 

 is spangled with numerous somewhat triangular black spots. The 

 crow^n in pure-bred birds is unspotted and light in color. 



