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Canary Breeding 
Alhins List of Varieties of Canary in 1759. 
(1) " Bright lovely yellow, with jet-black spots." This undoubtedly describes 
the London Fancy canary, which like the Lizard ("agate" of Hervieux) we believe 
to be derived from the cinnamon, and which is now almost extinct (Plate IV, 
fig. 2). 
(2) " The Mealy-Bird, so named from the mealy kind of Colour which seems 
to cover his Feathers." This is the buff bird of the present day. 
(3) " Mottled-Birds : their chief colour is white mottled with black or 
brownish spots." These are our green- variegated and cinnamon-variegated 
varieties. 
(4) "All yellow." Our clear yellow. 
(5) "All white" (Plate I, fig. 4). 
(6) " Grey." This is the original grey, the " Serin gris " of Hervieux, which 
is closely allied to the cinnamon canary of to-day. 
(7) Other varieties not named. 
The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry. London, 1675. By J. B., Gent. At 
this date in England canaries were green, and variegation had evidently not 
occurred, for the author — Joseph Blagrove, who is particularly well informed with 
regard to singing-birds — says (p. 107) " Many Country-People cannot distinguish 
a Canary from one of our common Green-Birds, etc." 
He also writes (p. 106) : " The first I shall begin withal is, the Bird called 
the Canary-Bird, because the original of that Bird came from thence (I hold this 
to be the best Song-Bird) : But now with industry they breed them very plenti- 
fully in Germany, and in Italy also ; and they have bred some few here in England, 
though as yet not anything to the purpose as they do in other Countries." 
VI. COMPAEATIVE EVOLUTION OF OTHER DOMESTICATED SpECIES. 
The Evolution of the Domestic Fowl. It will probably be found that in other 
domesticated animals, a similar line of development has been followed, and I have 
mentioned one or two points of similarity in the domestic fowl. In it, the game 
varieties seem to form a more or less direct line from Gallus bankiva, while those 
which show greatest diversity in type generally, and in plumage, owe this variability 
to the original Cochin, which in 1867 not only included a definite cinnamon 
variety and a white variety in its family, but also had as its prevailing colour Buff* 
of various shades, e.g. Lemon Cochins, Silver Buff Cochins, etc. (vid. Tegetmeier's 
Poultry Book, 1867). 
" Bufi " denotes colour in poultry, and is not used in the technical canary 
