. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. i68 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS most favourable circumstances, these ori- ginal " nest-feathers " wiil appear a yellow- ish-green in comparison with the golden glory of the new ones. This diiTerciice in colour was not so niarkctl in the olden time before colour-feeding came into vogue, ness, rendered necessary by tiie circum- stances in wiiich they arc placed. We have not the slio'litcst intention ol' Tailing and Flighting entering on this (jucstiou, though our idea of what is in- cluded ill the nfitiun of subjection
. Canaries, hybrids, and British birds in cage and aviary. i68 CANARIES, HYBRIDS, AND BRITISH BIRDS most favourable circumstances, these ori- ginal " nest-feathers " wiil appear a yellow- ish-green in comparison with the golden glory of the new ones. This diiTerciice in colour was not so niarkctl in the olden time before colour-feeding came into vogue, ness, rendered necessary by tiie circum- stances in wiiich they arc placed. We have not the slio'litcst intention ol' Tailing and Flighting entering on this (jucstiou, though our idea of what is in- cluded ill the nfitiun of subjection is very. THE GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN. A brilliant bit of Nature's coloration. i)iit c\(ii then l)rc{'dcrs. in Ihcir cndcavoui' broad. Il coniprciunils, lio\\(\-ei'. nol Ihc lo make liic iiiosl of the bird, were accus- \-cstigc of an idea of al)nsc of ])o\ver for scHish tomcd to pull out Ihc (lights and tails of ends, and \vc fail to liud any justification in Ihcir young birds before placing llicin in our own iiiind lor ccrhiiu opcral ions which, their nioulliiit;' caL;'cs, in oi'dei' thai I he\' doubllcss originating in abuse, nol use, of power ^villlolll au\' ncrcssari/ end in \ic\v. have conu'. in Ihc course of lime, to i)c regarded l)y scnsil)ilities bliiiiled b>' l'r<(]iicnt <'ontact with rac- I ices as things nol woiili a Ihought. It is iusi this \-cry want of Ihought that keeps them alive. might be pill oil ail cipiality with adult birds and lia\(' the op|)(>rtuiiity of develop- ing a deci>er coioui'. There are many o])era,iioiis pcrlormcil on animals under subjection lo man which, to the superficial observer. sa\()ur of cruelty, but \vhich are really acts of kind-. 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 Robson, John; Lewer, Sidney Herbert, 1862-. London : Cassell
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