. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. BREEDING THE NORWICH CANARY 233 blood amongst the Crcsl and Crcsl-breds at tliat time. I have had very good results from double huffnig with a view to increasing size and tightening up feather. One season I paired a Heavily Variegated Buff cock, good type, quality, and size—in fact, a show bird, marked hen. I sold the latter to a friend, who bred some good birds, with plenty of size ; in fact, he said one was the largest he had ever bred. The following season I had another nest from this same pair, and got another Clear Buff cock. This
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. BREEDING THE NORWICH CANARY 233 blood amongst the Crcsl and Crcsl-breds at tliat time. I have had very good results from double huffnig with a view to increasing size and tightening up feather. One season I paired a Heavily Variegated Buff cock, good type, quality, and size—in fact, a show bird, marked hen. I sold the latter to a friend, who bred some good birds, with plenty of size ; in fact, he said one was the largest he had ever bred. The following season I had another nest from this same pair, and got another Clear Buff cock. This bird was never exhibited as an -f/ A ^^ '''-,. THE NORWICH PLAINHEAD OF TWENTY YEARS AGO. but being heavily-marked told against him— to a good Clear Buff hen, except that she was a little slack in feather on the back. From them I got three birds ; one a Clear Buff cock of grand type and excellent quality, he also came out a grand colour, and did a good bit of winning ; the other two were hens, one a Clear Butt, good type and quality, from which I bred a winner, and the other a nice Buff- 30 unflighted ; but he did a good bit of winning for me afterwards, taking 1st at Nottingham, 1905 and 1906. In the latter year I showed this bird eight times, and he took seven firsts, and an " As another instance of double buffing, JMr. Vardy, of Hucknall, bred a Bull Green from two Buffs ; it was a cripple in one foot. Mr. Vardy thought it was a hen and sold it as such ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Robson, John; Lewer, Sidney Herbert, 1862-. London : Cassell
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