. Canaries : their care and management. Canaries. CAISTAEIES: THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT. The crested canary is another unusual form, with a long crest ex- tending down around the head below the level of the eyes (fig. 4). The frill or Dutch frill canary is a large bird with long curling- feathers. The Lancashire is the largest of known varieties of the canary, standing head and shoulders above all others. These " giant" ca- naries may be crested or smooth headed. Other forms that may be mentioned are the border fancy, a small bird, and the Norwich, or Norwich plain head, from which c
. Canaries : their care and management. Canaries. CAISTAEIES: THEIR CARE AND MANAGEMENT. The crested canary is another unusual form, with a long crest ex- tending down around the head below the level of the eyes (fig. 4). The frill or Dutch frill canary is a large bird with long curling- feathers. The Lancashire is the largest of known varieties of the canary, standing head and shoulders above all others. These " giant" ca- naries may be crested or smooth headed. Other forms that may be mentioned are the border fancy, a small bird, and the Norwich, or Norwich plain head, from which come many of the com- mon canaries. It must not be supposed that the number of varieties of canaries enumerated covers the entire field. For each of the main forms there are ahnost endless groups or divisions that have been de- veloped on color peculiarities. To obtain pure-bred birds requires constant care and supervision, and with any slackness of method a host of mongrels ap- pear. Interbreeding between the various forms, differing so widely in color, re- sults in reversion to the original type, which was a spotted or striped greenish bird, certain proof of the common origin of all. Fig. 3.—Lizard 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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