72  Our  Canaries 
power  of  recovering  its  twist  on  the  return  of  favourable  conditions,  which  is 
absent  in  the  feather  no  longer  attached  to  any  source  of  life.  That  there  is 
ground  for  this  assumption  is  shown  by  a  remark  made  recently  by  one  of  our 
West  Indian  correspondents  to  the  effect  that  on  warm  days  the  curls  appear 
to  much  better  advantage  than  is  the  case  on  a  rainy,  chilly  day.  The  Dutch 
Frill,  it  may  be  noted,  is  the  popular  variety  in  those  Islands,  where  it  may 
possibly  have  been  introduced  long  ago  by  Dutch  or  Spanish  trading  vessels, 
or  both. 
A  MODERN  FRILL  CANARY. 
This  is  a  variety  of  the  Canary  Family  much  in  favour  on  the  Continent.    This  drawing 
was  made  from  a  First  Prize  specimen  at  the  Crystal  PjJace  Show. 
