. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. THE LONDOiN FANCY CANARY 309 to honour under the diction of professed London Fancy critics oi' a stern school. Tlie undcrflne, a feature of consideral)le importance, should be black in the Yellow or Jonque, and blue-black or slaty in the Mealy or Buff bird. It has a good deal to do with the body-colour, since it must be remembered it is only the exterior portion of the feather which assumes the perfectly clear surface to the body. The bird shown on the coloured plate is an ideal specimen after its first moult in full show plumage. We s
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. THE LONDOiN FANCY CANARY 309 to honour under the diction of professed London Fancy critics oi' a stern school. Tlie undcrflne, a feature of consideral)le importance, should be black in the Yellow or Jonque, and blue-black or slaty in the Mealy or Buff bird. It has a good deal to do with the body-colour, since it must be remembered it is only the exterior portion of the feather which assumes the perfectly clear surface to the body. The bird shown on the coloured plate is an ideal specimen after its first moult in full show plumage. We shall not think we have written a word too much about this interesting bird if only we succeed in exciting fresh interest and bring it into fashion once more. We shall have succeeded in pop-. THE IDEAL LONDON FANCY CANARY'. golden hue, and the qiuility of this hue depends much on the quality of that por- tion of the feather hidden from sight by the imbricated arrangement of the plumage. The more intensely black the flue, the more brilliant will be the marginal edging of gold. Beak, legs, feet, and claws should all be dark, though light ones are not a dis- qualification, for it is rare indeed to get dark beak, legs, feet, and claws with a ularising one of the most beautiful of the Canary tribe. That the bird is not popular now arises really from no fault of its own, unless it be that " one season " birds Decline of ^ j^ever likelv to become the Variety. • SO popular as those which continue in good plumage year after year —a remark that applies with some force to the Lizard. For this reason, and also on account of the care required to breed it. 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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