10 - THE CANARY. 



birds are of the same cast of colour, 

 whether strong or soft, for if two red kind 

 of strong birds are put together, they are 

 extremely likely to throw their young ones 

 strong, and very often inclining to a green 

 cast of colour, which must be as much as 

 possible avoided. Having made it my 

 particular study to notice the plan adopted 

 by the principal society breeders in the 

 metropolis, I find that they generally go by 

 the following rules in matching their birds. 



First, if they have a fine jonquil cock of 

 a strong red colour, with a deal of black in 

 him, he is paired with a soft coloured 

 meally hen, with as little black in her as 

 possible, except her wings and tail. 



Secondly, for a strong meally cock, they 

 choose a fine jonquil hen. 



By referring to the plates, the reader wilj 

 observe that I have had them drawn as they 

 -ought to be matched ; that is, a strong 

 jonquil cock with a soft meally hen, in the 

 first plate, and a strong meally cock with a 

 fine jonquil hen in the second. 



The breeder must be particularly cautious 



