. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 302 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS tion. I like to see a nice clear cap of tluinil)- nail shape in conjunction with a well-spangled body and good ground-colour. I also like size, bul this is no use without the spangle and ground-colour, and that is why I look for the two important points first in |)airing. I select a clear capped Gold cock of as good size as possible, with a nice broad back well tilled in, not hollow, and legs, feet, and beak as dark as possible, and wings and tail jet black. Of course I am speaking of a bird wit
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. 302 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS tion. I like to see a nice clear cap of tluinil)- nail shape in conjunction with a well-spangled body and good ground-colour. I also like size, bul this is no use without the spangle and ground-colour, and that is why I look for the two important points first in |)airing. I select a clear capped Gold cock of as good size as possible, with a nice broad back well tilled in, not hollow, and legs, feet, and beak as dark as possible, and wings and tail jet black. Of course I am speaking of a bird with its first flights and tail, as after the first year, when they have had their second moult, the flights come grey ; but it does not matter if they were black the first season. I pair such a cock to a good. CLE.\R-C.\['1'ED Silver hen (broken capped preferred), also good in spangle and enlour. "When using a Silver cock I go on the same lines of selection, pairing him lo a C'lold hen. I very seldom pair two clear capped birds logether. Birds whose first flights and tails are of a grizzle grey colour I do not use, nor any with bald faces, as if such defects gel fixed in one's stock they take a lot of getting out. If (be cocks fail in any little jjolnt I always pair lliem with a hen particularly good in Ihal poinl. " Many grand IJzards fail in head ; they are inclined to be puny and snipy-looking. The skull of a Lizard should be broad, rather long. and slighlly flat on top. When selecling my breeding pairs I always try to keej) these points well in view, as they give a sel-off to good birds. Some fanciers I know- have a fancy for pairing their Lizards all one way; Ihal is, all Silver cocks and Gold hens, others vice versa. Either way gives good results ; for instance, my well known ' King of Golds' was bred from a clear capped Silver cock winner of diploma for best Lizard at the Crystal P;ilace, and a non-capped Gold hen, tliis hen not having a single l
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