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to  the  other  seven  consecutive  firsts  one  season.  I  mated  him  to  the  hens  I 
then  possessed,  and  from  him  bred  some  wonderful  Cinnamons,  including  the 
aforementioned  Yellow." 
NOTES  ON  BREEDING. 
"  When  breeding  Cinnamons  you  must  be  careful  to  get  your  birds  sound  in 
colour.  White  thighs  strictly  avoid,  as  nothing  is  much  harder  to  breed  out  than 
white  thighs.  Also  be  careful  about  white  throats.  These  are  very  prevalent, 
and  when  you  get  them  they  are  difficult  to  get  rid  of.  I  do  not  mind  a  white  tail 
feather  or  two,  as  these  are  no  trouble  to  breed  out.  In  fact  I  have  bred  some  good 
specimens  that  won  many  prizes  from  a  white  tailed  hen.  I  do  not  know  why  it  is 
the  Cinnamons  seem  to  lose  favour  with  the  public,  as  they  are  a  very  interesting 
variety  and  command  a  good  price.  What  is  handsomer  than  a  good  Yellow 
Cinnamon  when  well  moulted  and  properly  staged  ?  I  find  Cinnamon  hens  often 
valuable  mothers  for  bringing  up  other  varieties.  In  breeding,  size  is  a  great 
advantage,  but  do  not  run  away  from  quality,  as  a  big  Cinnamon  cannot  win  with- 
out quality.  Colour  and  quality  are  the  two  first  things  sought  after  by  me  in  a 
Cinnamon,  and  a  big  washy-green  bird  I  reject  at  any  price.  I  like  good  sound 
Cinnamon  colour  with  good  quality,  and  as  big  as  I  can  get  them." 
MR.  W.  DORMER'S  ADVICE. 
We  are  also  indebted  to  that  practical  breeder  Mr.  W.  Dormer,  of  Rishton, 
for  the  following  notes  and  experiences  on  this  variety.  "  The  Cinnamon,"  he 
writes,  "  is  a  bird  of  colour.  The  colour  should  be  a  bright  bronze  or  burnished 
gold,  with  chocolate  markings,  which  should  run  round  the  eye  and  right  down  the 
breast  and  sides,  right  through  to  the  tail.  The  markings  round  the  eye  are  what 
I  call  the  eye  cere.  If  any  markings  occur  on  the  back  they  should  be  of  the  same 
chocolate  colour.  The  most  objectionable  colour  in  Cinnamons  is  the  "smoky," 
or  green,  as  it  gives  the  bird  a  grey  washed-out  appearance  when  colour  fed.  I 
recommend  anyone  to  study  the  colour  first  and  then  type.  The  Club  Standard  is 
Norwich  type. 
HOW  TO  CROSS. 
If  one  has  not  much  material  to  work  with  I  would  advise  him  to  get  a  good 
large  Norwich  hen  and  pair  up  to  the  best  coloured  Cinnamon  cock  he  has,  and 
some  of  the  hens  from  this  pair  will  be  Cinnamons  or  Cinnamon-marked.  The 
cocks  will  be  Greens.  The  hens  are  what  one  wants  to  work  with,  and  the  cocks 
may  be  discarded  as  of  no  use  for  Cinnamon  breeding.  But  they  will  be  very 
useful  for  putting  quality  in  the  Norwich  Plainhead.  The  most  interesting  phase 
of  the  Cinnamon  is  that  you  can  graft  it  on  to  any  of  the  Canary  tribe,  but  you 
cannot  graft  any  of  the  dark-eyed  varieties  on  to  the  Cinnamon.  All  Cinnamons 
have  pink  eyes.  One  of  its  peculiarities  is  that  if  you  cross  it  with  any  other 
variety  it  may  not  show  itself  for  a  few  generations,  and  then  crop  up,  and  the 
Cinnamon  or  Cinnamon-marked  young  will  be  hens.    I  have  never  known  of  a 
