Cage & Aviary Birds

Shape, length and proportions

‘YORKSHIRE VIEWS’

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HAVING previously discussed two of the most important features of a high-quality Yorkshire canary, namely position and feather, I move on to a requirement that determines the bird and, if not present, makes those two features somewhat irrelevant. That is shape.

What is meant by shape is the outline as viewed from any angle. It is the 3D imagery of the ideal bird implied by the standard in its text and by the pictorial version of the

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