Our  Canaries 
found  this  myself  in  the  buff-greens,  but  there  is  no  denying  the  fact  that  a  large 
percentage  of  the  winning  Norwich  Greens  have  been  bred  from  the  Cinnamon.  I 
have  also  known  the  smoky  appearance  in  the  Greens  caused  by  the  introduction 
of  the  green  Crest-bred,  which  also  makes  the  Norwich  Green  appear  long  and 
coarse  in  feather,  and  very  slack  at  the  thighs." 
POINTS  ABOUT  MATING. 
"  I  always  get  my  best  show  birds  from  pairing  together  medium  sized  birds, 
but  I  carefully  watch  the  bad  points  in  one  and  see  that  the  other  excels  in  these 
points.  I  strongly  favour  the  Norwich  Plainhead  for  getting  the  type  into  them. 
Every  season  I  buy  a  few  clear  or  variegated  Plainhead  hens,  getting  the  best  type 
possible  ;  hens  that  are  short  and  thick  in  the  neck,  in  fact  showing  hardly  any 
neck  at  all,  if  I  can  get  them  ;  short  in  flights  and  tail,  with  a  head  full  and  round. 
These  hens  will  not  be  got  cheap,  but  they  are  the  cheapest  in  the  end.  The 
Green  cock  I  like  as  near  a  show  specimen  as  possible  ;  good  head,  body  short 
and  thick,  chubby,  well  filled-in  back,  and  deep  full  chest ;  the  wings  and  tail  to 
be  short  and  compact  and  smartly  carried.  The  colour  a  rich  grass  green,  sound 
and  level  throughout,  pencillings  distinct,  and  beak  and  legs  dark.  I  am  not  so 
particular  about  the  latter,  as  I  find  if  you  get  the  legs  and  beak  too  dark  you  will 
also  get  the  feather  too  dark,  and  the  pencillings  somewhat  blurred." 
THE  GREEN  BORDER  FANCY. 
Though  smallest  in  size  the  Green  Border  Fancy  is  by  no  means  the  least 
either  in  popularity  or  quality.  Indeed  it  is  generally  admitted  to  be  the  best 
coloured  green  of  the  three  standard  varieties,  due  in  great  measure  to  its  superb 
quality  and  fineness  of  feather  which  lends  itself  readily  to  colour  introduction. 
Its  popularity  has  spread  immensely  in  recent  years  so  that  to-day  it  bids  fair  to 
far  outstep  all  the  others  in  popular  favour.  It  has  always  been  exhibited  under 
the  auspices  of  the  Border  Clubs,  but  the  Green  Canary  Association  has  now 
taken  up  the  Borders,  and  so  all  the  Greens  are  under  one  roof  " — a  consumma- 
tion which  should  do  much  to  foster  and  encourage  the  cultivation  of  the  pure 
green  colour  in  each  variety  in  combination  with  the  standards  of  type  adopted 
by  their  respective  specialist  clubs.  Apart  from  the  necessary  variations  in 
mating  and  selection  of  mates  to  produce  the  best  bird  according  to  the  recognised 
standard  of  each  variety,  the  Green  Border  is  subject  to  the  same  laws  of  colour 
production  as  the  Yorkshire  and  Norwich  Greens.  It  is,  therefore,  useless  to 
re-iterate  what  has  already  been  written,  and  we  shall  close  our  remarks  on  the 
Green  Canaries  with  the  Standards  of  Perfection  issued  by  the  Green  Canary 
Club. 
STANDARD    FOR    YORKSHIRE    GREENS.  Points 
Colour  :  Rich,  deep  grass  green,  sound  and  level  throughout ;  beak,  legs 
and  feet  dark      35 
