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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 
PLATE I *. Ganm^ies and Canary Hybrids. 
1. Cinnamon-variegated Buff Canary t? x Greenfinch ? Hybrid showing Dutch Frill characteristics. 
A female. 
2. The original Wild Canary (Serinus canaria). 
3. Variegated Buft Siskin i x Canary ? Male Hybrid, showing Lizard cap and silver-spangled back. 
Bred 1908. V.H.C. Crystal Palace, Feb. 1909, in Class 103 (Mixed Hybrids). 
4. The White Canary. Bred by W. Kiesel. First prize, Class 66, Crystal Palace, 1909. The first 
white canary ever seen by living fanciers in this country. By kind permission of the owner, I examined 
the parents and relations of this bird, and found distinct traces of cinnamon inheritance. 
PLATE II *. Wild Sports. 
1. Almost clear Chaffinch (Fringilla coelehs) S . 
2. Bich Self-cinnamon Greenfinch {Ligurinus clilorU). One of several living examples in my 
possession — all females. 
3. Very pale Cinnamon (creamy-white) Blackbird {Titrdus merula), female (examined post-mortem). 
Other two specimens of a similar nature were shown in Class 123, Crystal Palace, 1909 — both females. 
Also in same class a pure white one, with orange bill and red eyes, had third prize — undoubtedly a 
male specimen. 
4. Clear Yellow Yellowhammer {Embcriza citrinelki)— bright red eyes. At present alive and in my 
possession. Probably a female. 
PLATE III *. Canary Hybrids. 
1. Clear Yellow Siskin-Canary Hybrid — the only one known. Male. 1st prize. City of Glasgow, 
1908; 1st prize, Class 54, Glasgow and West of Scotland, 1908; 1st prize. Class 34, Aberdeen, 1908; 
1st prize. Class 87, Scottish National (Edinburgh), 1908-9 ; 1st prize, Class 95, Crystal Palace, 1909. 
Also championship diploma and two special prizes for best hybrid, Crystal Palace, 1909. 
2. Dark Buff Siskin-Canary Hybrid. Male. I reared twenty-two of these — yellows and buffs — 
in 1908. 
3. Ticked Buff Twite-Canary Hybrid. Male. 2nd prize. Class 65, Glasgow and West of Scotland, 
1908; 1st prize. Class 89, Scottish National (Edinburgh), 1908-OJ ; 3rd prize. Class 95, Crystal 
Palace, 1909. 
4. Clear Buff Greenfinch-Canary Hybrid. Male. 2nd prize, Class 64, Glasgow and West of 
Scotland, 1908 ; 2nd prize. Class 34, Aberdeen, 1908 ; 2nd prize. Class 87, Scottish National (Edinburgh), 
1908-09 ; 4th prize. Class 95, Crystal Palace, 1909. 
* From original water-colour drawings by H. Norman. 
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