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found  to  exist  between  yellow-green  and  the  buff-green  birds,  the  former  being 
represented  by  the  upper  and  the  latter  by  the  under  surface  of  the  leaf.  Once 
the  difference  is  grasped  in  the  appearance  of  the  birds  the  novice  will  have  little, 
if  any,  difficulty  in  recognising  the  two  types. 
For  the  following 
notes  on  how  to  make 
a  strain  of  Greens  our 
thanks  are  due  to  Mr. 
J.    W.    Metcalfe,  of 
Liverpool.    "  For  any- 
one   taking    up  the 
Green     Canary,"  he 
writes,  "  I  should  ad- 
vise   three    pairs  to 
commence  with.  No. 
I  pair,  a  self  yellow 
cock  and  self  buff  hen 
—  get  this  pair  as  good 
as  possible  in  type  and 
colour.     My   idea  of 
colour  is  a  level  shade 
of  light  green  ground 
colour,  running  well  to 
the    vent.     A  great 
fault  is  running  very 
light  at  the  lower  part 
of    the    body.  The 
pencilling    should  be 
jet     black,    and  not 
blurred  into  the  ground 
colour,  but   to  stand 
out  distinctly,  and  ex- 
tending down  the  sides. 
The  wings  should  be 
black  for  halfway  down 
the  flights,  not  showing 
a  bronze  tinge  on  them,  as  this  indicates  bad  colour.  In  an  unflighted  bird 
a  brown  tinge  will  show  on  the  primary,  feathers,  which  disappears  at  the  adult 
moult.  But  don't  mistake  bronze  for  brown;  there  is  a  big  difference.  For 
No.  2  pair  get  a  self  buff  cock  and  foul  yellow  hen  (foul  in  wing  or 
tail  only).    No.  3  pair,  both  fouls  or  variegated.    Get  good   typical  birds, 
"  For  double  buff  breediag,  they  must  be  snaky." 
