. The canary, its varieties, management and breeding. Canaries. CHAPTER XII. THE DOMINIE AND THE GERMANS. E had now completed our stock of canaries for breeding, having eight pairs, four for each com- partment of our aviary. We had thus speci- mens of every kind of breed, and almost every variety of colour. Belgians v^^ith their fine orange yellow and peculiar form, lizards with their beautifully speckled plumage of grey and yellow green; the London fancy with its burnished golden body and jet black wings and tail; Yorkshire spangles with their gaily marked heads and Avings; the pure grass gre
. The canary, its varieties, management and breeding. Canaries. CHAPTER XII. THE DOMINIE AND THE GERMANS. E had now completed our stock of canaries for breeding, having eight pairs, four for each com- partment of our aviary. We had thus speci- mens of every kind of breed, and almost every variety of colour. Belgians v^^ith their fine orange yellow and peculiar form, lizards with their beautifully speckled plumage of grey and yellow green; the London fancy with its burnished golden body and jet black wings and tail; Yorkshire spangles with their gaily marked heads and Avings; the pure grass green, the mealy white or buff, and the beautiful chesnut, fawn, or cinnamon, as they are more commonly called. We had thus far been highly successful in realising the plan we had sketched out for ourselves, and now possessed birds of almost every form and colour. To make our establishment quite complete, there was one thing still wanting, viz., an accomplished vocalist; for, though we had several very excellent singers amongst our gentlemen canaries, yet their song was only the uncultivated and inartistic ditty of England. But as the time was fast approach- ing when we hoped to have a numerous progeny of young princes and scions of noble blood, we felt it a duty to provide a suitable master for their vocal educa-. 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 Smith, F. London, Warne
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