. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. THE CRESTED CANARY 283 living in llie same place on Grapes Hill), and asked liim if lie would reserve for me the best he met with, which he did, the prices rnnninij from aliout GOs. to 90s. When I called on him he had jusl got a consignment ot Lancashires from the North. Among them was an immense bird with very long, drooping sides, but open to be a hen, anil bred two of the largest yonng- sters I had had. I paired her to a BiilT Crestbred cock, a real Bullfmch shape, but who had a liroken wing. I also got a Clear Body BulY Dark Creste
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. THE CRESTED CANARY 283 living in llie same place on Grapes Hill), and asked liim if lie would reserve for me the best he met with, which he did, the prices rnnninij from aliout GOs. to 90s. When I called on him he had jusl got a consignment ot Lancashires from the North. Among them was an immense bird with very long, drooping sides, but open to be a hen, anil bred two of the largest yonng- sters I had had. I paired her to a BiilT Crestbred cock, a real Bullfmch shape, but who had a liroken wing. I also got a Clear Body BulY Dark Crested hen from the late Robert L. Wallace. She had a very large mop. About the same time that f was buying, a gentleman. A CRESTBRED WITH TYPICAL HEAD AND FEATHER. frontal coppy, showing the wliole ot his l)eak. Nevertheless, I fancied him, as I thought he had the densest, longest, and broadest feather I had ever seen on a bird. His price was 7s. 6d- I paired him to the longest and broadest frontal- crested hen I had, and they turned out some very useful stock, both Crests and Crestbreds. " A year or two later I claimed at the Norwich Show a Grey-crested BulY cock that was in the money in the Light Crest Champion class. He was a model for shape of body, and had good formation ot crest. I also claimed a Dark Crest in the money in the Marked Yellow Amateur class. This bird was considered by many to be too long for a Norwich class, and showing the Lancashire. Fortunately, it turned out living a few miles from here cleared out his connnon birds, having caught the Crest fever through visiting a Norwich Show. He pur- chased from the Mackley Brothers some half- dozen of the best pairs he could get ; but after two years' breeding he found he could not make of the youngsters he bred anything like the prices he had paid, therefore was disgusted, and offered me the lot, which I bought, and adver- tised them in the only Fancy paper I then knew, 27(6 Exchange and Mart, reserving about half
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