22  Our  Canaries 
must  not  for  a  moment  be  understood  that  this  is  intended  to  show  the  correct 
technical  points  from  an  anatomical  or  scientific  point  of  view.  Writing  purely 
for  the  average  fancier  who  has  a  supreme  disregard  for  that  class  of  cabinet 
science  we  have  for  the  nonce  thrown  off  those  classic  terms  and  adopted  the 
technicalities  which  can  be  better  understood  and  appreciated  by  the  man  in 
the  street.  Therefore  we  have  called  the  point  shown  at  the  number  25  the  Leg, 
regardless  of  the  fact  that  it  is  in  reality,  from  a  scientist's  point  of  view,  a  part 
of  the  foot,  and  the  joint  immediately  above  this  part  which  forms  the  limit  of 
the  growth  of  tiny  downy  feathers  is,  anatomically,  the  ankle.  But  these 
apparent  anomalies  are  neither  of  use  or  interest  to  the  ordinary  fancier,  to 
whom  the  point  shown  at  25  is  the  Leg,  and  nothing  but  the  Leg,  and  the  Leg 
we  have  called  it.  In  the  same  manner  we  have  named  all  other  points  on 
this  diagram  in  the  way  which  will  be  understood  by  every  fancier,  and 
coincidentally  with  the  terms  employed  in  the  various  standards  of  perfection 
and  fanciers'  descriptions.  It  will  therefore  be  found  of  the  greatest  use  for 
the  novice  to  refer  to  in  order  to  fully  appreciate  and  understand  such  of  those 
terms  as  he  is  not  familiar  with. 
