The famous blue and black cages

Posted on 15/02/2022 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

“Having paid my entrance fee I found myself in a very large and well lighted show hall and the sight that met my eyes was one to make my heart miss a beat – rows upon rows of the famous blue and black Lizard show cages!” F.W. Snelling, The Lizard Canary Fancy, March 1956... Read More

Snelling & Southwick at 1954 National-FSS

Lizards at the National Exhibition during the 1950s

Posted on 19/03/202031/08/2020 by Huw Evans 9 Comments

No other show has played such an important part in the affairs of the Lizard Canary Association as the National Exhibition (1). Sponsored by Cage Birds magazine (as it was then known), it was the ‘National’ that gave the nascent LCA the opportunity to demonstrate to the world its determination to save the oldest breed […]... Read More

Lizard canary basics, part 14: the rise and rise of rowings

Posted on 03/12/2017 by Huw Evans 12 Comments

Rowing, also known as breastwork, borst tekening, and dessin de la poitrine et flancs (1) has been the rising star in the Lizard’s firmament for as long as I can remember. Anyone who has studied the Lizard’s ancient history will know that the popularity of rowings has been growing steadily for much longer than that.... Read More

Norwich Alliance 1955 Lizard classes-FSS

The Scott Archive: the Norwich Alliance show 1955

Posted on 02/09/2016 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

“Having paid my entrance fee I found myself in a very large and well lighted show hall and the sight that met my eyes was one to make my heart miss a beat – rows upon rows of the famous blue and black Lizard show cages! My immediate thought was that surely this must be […]... Read More

The Scott Archive: breeding register 1950

Posted on 25/05/2016 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

One of my favourite documents from John Scott’s estate passed to me by his son Dougal, is his breeding register from 1950 to 1968. ... Read More

The Scott Archive: transporting birds to shows

Posted on 18/01/201618/01/2016 by Huw Evans 2 Comments

The following extracts are taken from an article written by John Scott that was published in Cage and Aviary Birds on 18 February 1995.... Read More

The curious case of the Lizard’s scales

Posted on 05/01/201603/12/2017 by Huw Evans 6 Comments

Not the scales of a lizard, but of the Lizard. The Scale of Points for Lizard Canaries (to give it its official title) has been around for more years than any living person has been breeding them. It is so well established that we never question its origins and assume things were always so, but […]... Read More

fine spangled sort

The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

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