. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. f his head. In England and the UnitedStates we find in the Scotchfancy canary (sometimescalled the Glasgow Don) aworthy counterpart of theBelgian bird, to which he isrelated; but thanks to artifi-cial breeding, he now forms adistinct species with a muchflatter head. He alwayscarries his head raised androunds his body without anyapparent raising of the shoul-ders. Experts pay greatattention to the posture ofthese birds and judge themby it; and associations, clubs,and breeders have a score ofpoints under which the judg-ment must
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. f his head. In England and the UnitedStates we find in the Scotchfancy canary (sometimescalled the Glasgow Don) aworthy counterpart of theBelgian bird, to which he isrelated; but thanks to artifi-cial breeding, he now forms adistinct species with a muchflatter head. He alwayscarries his head raised androunds his body without anyapparent raising of the shoul-ders. Experts pay greatattention to the posture ofthese birds and judge themby it; and associations, clubs,and breeders have a score ofpoints under which the judg-ment must be formed. Amongbreeders there are certaincelebrated canaries that areknown by their owners sur-names. This Scotch species,which is becoming more andmore the fashion, is raised ineight different shades of color, running fromyellow to green. Besides this breed we find several others, suchas the Yorkshire canary, an English one, muchlike the Parisian bird, but without its curlydown; the London breed, a small bird raisedin different shades (from green to yellow, to. 274 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS
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