. Canaries : their care and management. Canaries. Pig. -Belgian fancy canary. Fig. 3.—Scotch fancy canary. throws the tail in under the perch until its outline in profile is almost a semicircle. Another well-marked variety is the cinnamon canary, one of the earliest forms to appear, but one whose origin is wholly unknown. Its true color is a dun or dull brown that has been likened to cinnamon. In exhibition birds the color is usually intensified by color feeding (see p. 14). The cinnamon canary is peculiar also in possessing red or pink eyes, a character that denotes cinnamon blood even in a y
. Canaries : their care and management. Canaries. Pig. -Belgian fancy canary. Fig. 3.—Scotch fancy canary. throws the tail in under the perch until its outline in profile is almost a semicircle. Another well-marked variety is the cinnamon canary, one of the earliest forms to appear, but one whose origin is wholly unknown. Its true color is a dun or dull brown that has been likened to cinnamon. In exhibition birds the color is usually intensified by color feeding (see p. 14). The cinnamon canary is peculiar also in possessing red or pink eyes, a character that denotes cinnamon blood even in a yellow or buff bird. The cinnamon inheritance is trans- mitted only by the male; young reared from a cinnamon mother and a male of any other form lacking cinnamon blood never show signs of their cinnamon parentage. Among the old-established varieties that now are in decadence none is more striking than the lizard canary. Lizard canaries are known as " gold " or " silver," according as the body color is yellow or silvery gray. The wings and tail are black and the back is spangled with numerous somewhat triangular black spots. The crown in pure-bred birds is unspotted and light in color, as shown in Figure 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 Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
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