. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. CHAPTER XXV THE LONDON FANCY CANARY In endeavouring to arrive at the origin of this remarkable Canary, we must admit that we liave little else than conjecture to guide us in lifting the veil which shrouds its early history. That it is, as already stated, very closely allied to the Lizard there can be little doubt, and we think we shall be able to show how circum- stances seem to point to its being an olfshoot from, if not really simply nothing more than a modi- lied form of that bird. In so far as regards reliable data, the London Fanc
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. CHAPTER XXV THE LONDON FANCY CANARY In endeavouring to arrive at the origin of this remarkable Canary, we must admit that we liave little else than conjecture to guide us in lifting the veil which shrouds its early history. That it is, as already stated, very closely allied to the Lizard there can be little doubt, and we think we shall be able to show how circum- stances seem to point to its being an olfshoot from, if not really simply nothing more than a modi- lied form of that bird. In so far as regards reliable data, the London Fancy can certainly point to its name in eighteenth cen- tury registers, and say to any other Canary, " Here is evidence that consider- ably more than a hun- dred years ago / zvas, and that at a time when, in the absence of proof to the contrary, I assume you xi'cre not.'' That, how- ever, might arise from the fact that its admirers were better organised and banded together under stringent laws, which have been handed down to us, for the purjDose of develojMng this then new fancy from something older- It may be, and probably is, quite true that the London Fancy is the oldest " fancy "' development and the first Canary which, singled out from many other varieties, made for itself a name among its con- temjjoraries who may not have been known by any special designation or distinguished 39 by other than general terms more or less characteristic of some pecidiar feature ; " The Fine Spangled Sort, commonly called, French Canary ; The historical relation between the Lizard and London Fancy may only be slight, but. LONDON FANCY •'OLD GOLD.' {See p. 306.) we think it more than probable that the " fine spangled sort, commonly called French Canary birds," Avould form part of the fenedes of the Protestant refugees, chiefly silk-weavers and workers of other, textile fabrics, who found shelter here from the persecutions in France and the Low Coun
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