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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, August 28, 1860. 
, Short-faced Baldiieads—R fac*.—Prize, S. Millin, 8, Silver Street, 
dotting Hill. Blue. —Prize, F. C. Esquilant, 316, Oxford Street. Red .— 
Prize withheld. Silver. —Prize, J. W. Edge, Ashton New Town, Binning, 
ham. Yellow .—No entry. 
Short-faced Beards— Black .—-Prize withheld. Blue. —Prize, W. Squire, 
Hanwell, Middlesex. Highly Commended, E. Archer, Westbournc Villa, 
Forest Hill. Red .—E. Archer. Silver. —Prize, W. Squire. Commended, 
W. Squire. Yellow. —Prize, F. C. Esquilant, 346, Oxford Street. 
Short-faced Tumblers.— Black. —Prize, E. Archer, Westbournc Villa 
Forest Hill. Blue. —Prize, H. Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill. 
Bed. —Prize, S. Millin, Silver Street, Notting Hill. Silver .—No 
entry. Yellow. —Prize, F. C. Esquilant, 346, Oxford Street. 
Jacobins —Black or White.— Prize, F. C. Esquilant, 346, Oxford 
Street. Red.— Prize, W. Choyce, jun., Sibson, near Atherstone, 
Warwickshire. Yellow.— W. Hewett, jun., Forest Hill. 
Owls— Blue.— Prize, W. Hewett, jun., Forest Hill. Silver.— 
Prize, H. Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill. Yellow. —Prize, H. 
Morris. Highly Commended, G. Fawdon, 50, Pipewellgatc, Gates¬ 
head. Black or White. —W. Hewett, jun. Highly Commended, 
S. Millin, 8, Silver Street, Notting Hill. 
Nuns — Black. —Prize, W. Hewett, jun., Forest Hill. Red.— 
Prize, H. Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill. Yellow.— Prize, J. W. 
Edge, Aston New Town, Birmingham. Blue.—Prize, H. Child, 
jun., Shelbourne Road, Birmingham. Red.— Prize, W. Hewett, 
jun. Yellow.— Prize, W. Hewett, jun. Black or any other Colour. 
—Prize, H. Child, jun. Commended, S. Summerhayes, Taunton. 
Fantails — Black .— Prize, H. Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill. 
Blue. —Prize, J. Baily, jun., Rosemary Farm, Blackwater, Hants. 
White. —-Prize, E. Archer, Westboume Villa, Forest Hill. 
Barbs — Black. —Prize, G. Goore, Aigburth Vale, near Liverpool. 
White.— Prize, J. H. Craigie, Woodlands, Chigwell, Essex. Yellow. 
—Prize, G. Borrett, Monkwell Street, City. Red or any other 
Colour. —Prize, G. Borrett. 
Magpies — Yellow. —Prize, H. Morris, .'Perry Vale Forest Hill. 
Black.— Prize, S. Summerhayes, Fore Street, Taunton. Red.— 
Prize, Miss S. A. Elliot, Osborne House, Taunton. Commended, 
H. Morris, Perry Vale, Forest Hill. 
Trumpeters.— Prize, F. Key, Beverley, Yorkshire. 
Spanish and Leghorn Runts.— First, S. C. Baker, the Pheasan- 
try, Beaufort Street, Chelsea. Second, II. Child, jun., Shelbourne 
Road, Birmingham. Very Highly. Commended, S. C. Baker. Highly 
Commended, F. G. Stevens, Axminster, Devon. Commended, T. D. 
Green, London Road, Saffron Walden, Essex. (An extraordinary- 
good class). Two Prizes, Marchioness of Winchester, Amport 
St. Mary, Andover. Two Prizes, F. Bunge, jun., Fowkes Buildings, 
Great Tower Street, City. (A very interesting class.) 
I have endeavoured to represent this variety in the annexed 
plate. The whole of the top of the head is coloured, and of the 
wings, the secondary quill feathers, and the larger and lesser 
wing-coverts, as also scapular feathers, are dark, or coloured, 
with great regularity. The pinion-feathers and the tail generally 
white, and the rest of the plumage of a more or less intense 
yellow. 
RABBITS. 
For Longest Ears.— First, W. S. Roffey, C, Albert Street, Wool¬ 
wich. Second, J. Angus, William Street, Bull Fields, Woolwich. 
For Black and White.—F irst and Second, H. Hindes, jun., 
Red Liou Street, Norwich. Highly Commended, J. Haile, 11, 
Wood Street, Millbank, Westminster ; H. Hindes, jun. (A very 
interesting class ) 
For Yellow and White.— First and Second, J. Hincks, i un Sare 
Hole, near Hall Green, Birmingham. Highlv Commended, A. Bancks ‘’O 
Piccadilly; W. Robinson, Chiswick House, Middlesex; E; Russell Lich¬ 
field Road, Aston, Birmingham. 
For Tortoiseshell.— First, G. Manly, 13, Peal Street, Notting Hill 
Second, H. Hindes, jun., Red Lion Street, Norwich. Highly Commended, 
J. Haile, 11, Wood Street, Millbank, Westminster ; W. Parry Woolwich.' 
For Blue and White. —First, J. Hincks, jun., Sare Hole near Hall 
Green, Birmingham. Second, W. Nott, Timber-yard, North Street Chel¬ 
sea. Commended, C. P. Lashmar, Oxted, Surrey. ’ 
For Grey and White. —First, H. Hindes, jun., Red Lion Street Nor¬ 
wich. Second, W. Marlin, Middle Seotland-yard, Whitehall. Highly Com¬ 
mended, J. Haile, 11, Wood Street, Millbank, Westminster - H. Hindes, 
jun.; T. Pinchbeck, 252, Great King Street, Hockley, Birmingham. 
For Self-colour. —First, G. Amis, 1, Sussex Terrace, Westbourne Grove, 
Bayswater. Second, J. Brown, 102, Unctt Street, Birmingham. Hi«iily 
Commended, J. Angus, 16, William Street, Bull Fields, Woolwich*; W 
Griffin, 11, William Street, Bull Fields, Plumstead, Kent: W. S lto'ffev 
C, Albert Street, Woolwich. 
For Weight.— First, C. Sellen, 262, Rotherhithe Street, Surrey. Second, 
J. Murrin, George Street, Hyde Vale, Greenwich. 
Foreign Rabbits. —First, J. Baily, jun., Rosemary Farm, Blackwater, 
Hants. Second, C. Sellen, 262, Rotherhithe Street, Surrey. 
In size they are rather longer than our commoner kinds. A 
few imperfect birds of this breed are sometimes to be obtained 
in England ; but I see no reason why they should not be bred 
here in as great perfection as elsewhere. 
Many of the handsomest Pieds are, however, crested birds of 
great beauty. M. Hervieux, 1718, remarks :—“ Canary birds 
with regular black and lemon-colour copple-crowns, are, at this 
time, i-eckoned the most beautiful and highest valued sort.” 
Herr Johann Matthiius Bechstein, who has given so much 
information respecting the Canary iii his second volume of the 
“Natural History of the Birds of Germany,” at page 170 writes 
as follows :—“ So is each bird the more valuable according to the 
regularity of the placing together of the various colours which 
he has to present to you. Those which are yellow or white on 
the body, and having sable-coloured wings, head, and tail (par¬ 
ticularly if they are crowned), are at present esteemed above all 
the most beautiful” (1807). “ Next to these follow the golden- 
yellow, with black, blue, or dark grey head (either with or without 
crest, or coloured wings and tail).” 
THE CANARY AND THE BRITISH FINCHES 
(Continued from, page 308.) 
7th 1 -GRItty. —Tiie Continental or Regular Pieds. 
I have, in a previous chapter, intimated that irregularly 
patched, mottled, or pied birds, however pretty they may appear 
to the tyro, are totally disregarded by fanciers. A pied bird to 
be of any value must be exact, regular, and even in its markings, 
as well as being bred for some generations to that particular 
form of marking in which its value consists. It will, therefore, 
easily he understood, that the same care is necessary to breed 
good Pieds as is required to produce any other variety iu per¬ 
fection. In some parts of the Continent, particularly in Belgium, 
I have met with a very pretty pied Canary, which is bred with 
much care and exactness. The head and shoulders of the wings 
are coloured, mostly cinnamon, the rest of the plumage is light, 
varying from mealy through the various shades of lemon and 
jonque, to a bright golden orange. Thus the bird appears to 
wear a helmet on its head, and shield on its back. 
In a note he remarks :—“ Sometimes the tail is the colour of 
the body, and there are likewise those in which the primary wing- 
feathers are of the colour of the body, while the head, the covert- 
feathers, and secondaries of the wings only have the dark mark¬ 
ings (called Schildvogel), and these birds are esteemed rare and 
beautiful.” 
This description exactly corresponds with what I have given 
in the previous part of this chapter of birds bred in Belgium, and 
rare in this country. Further on ho remarks ;—“ Then there 
are the Blackish or Grey, with yellow head or collar ; Yellow, 
with black or greenish turned-crowns ; White, with red, brown, 
and black shields; Ashen Grey; almost Black, with yellow 
breasts and white heads and tails ; quite Black; Semmel-colourecl 
(the colour of a French roll), with yellow crest and tail, and 
so forth, which are of pre-eminent worth.” 
We can easily perceive that the older fanciers have most highly 
prized the crested Pieds. We also notice the great pains which 
the London fanciers bestow on their favourite to obtain the 
ephemeral beauty of dark wings and tail, that last so short a 
