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him  exceptionally  good.  All  the  yellows  I  get  from  him  or  his  offspring  are 
as  good,  if  not  better,  than  himself.  In  breeding  for  yellow-greens  I  prefer  a  self- 
yellow  and  green  cock  with  a  percentage  of  Cinnamon  blood  in  him,  and  a  varie- 
gated or  self-buff  hen  ;  if  the  latter  I  do  not  like  her  too  heavy  in  the  pencillings. 
From  this  pair  I  invariably  get  extra  good  coloured  yellows,  a  colour  which  a 
judge  always  looks  at  a  second  time,  and  that  is  what  you  want  if  you  wish  to  get 
to  the  front  on  the  show  bench.  The  buffs  you  get  from  this  pair  are  just  the 
opposite  to  the  above,  being  dull  and  smoky  in  feather,  and  the  pencillings  not  at 
The  introduction  of  the  Crest- bred  makes  the  Norwich  Green  long  and  coai-se 
in  feather. 
all  distinct.  I  have  paired  these  buffs  back  to  yellow-green  hens  bred  from  the 
Cinnamons  and  still  failed  to  get  the  right  colour.  But,  curiously,  if  you  pair  one 
of  these  buffs  to  a  clear  yellow  hen  you  will  get  extra  good  colour  in  the  clear 
birds  from  this  pair." 
TO  PRODUCE  GOOD  BUFF-GREENS. 
"  In  breeding  to  get  good  coloured  buffs  I  like  a  self-buff  green  cock,  which  I 
know  as  being  bred  dark  for  two  or  three  generations,  and  to  this  I  pair  a  varie- 
gated or  marked  yellow  hen.  From  these  I  get  bufis  of  a  good  colour,  whereas  if 
I  breed  two  self-greens  together  I  invariably  get  the  buffs  too  heavy  in  the  pencil- 
lings and  markings  which  makes  them  have  a  smoky  appearance,  and  from  this 
pair  the  yellows  are  also  too  dark  in  feather.  I  often  hear  Green  breeders  say 
that  it  is  the  Cinnamon  blood  which  is  responsible  for  the  heavy  markings  and 
smoky  appearance  in  some  of  the  Greens,  but  in  chatting  with  them  I  find  they 
are  usually  referring  to  buff-greens.     As  I  have  previously  pointed  out  I  have 
