Birds The Canary 
SOME NOTED CANARY BREEDS 
The Roller, or German Song Canaries have been 
famous for many years because of their great powers 
as musicians. They have been bred with especial 
reference to their voices, and are trained by musical 
instruments, and by other canaries which are su- 
perior singers. The inhabitants of the Hartz Moun- 
THE CRESTED NORWICH THE NORWICH 
tains are especially noted in the rearing and training 
of these birds. The St. Andreasberg is among the 
most famous of these breeds. In recent years the 
English breeders have also paid much attention to 
this kind of canaries. No attempt has been made to 
attain a peculiar or perfect plumage, or a particular 
form, the whole attention of the breeders being 
focused upon the voice. 
In England, Scotland and Belgium, form and color 
have been the objects of the breeders, and the fol- 
lowing are among the most noted breeds: 
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