Belgian canary

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The Old Varieties, Part 5: the origins of the Lancashire Coppy

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“It is not a long journey neither is it a very expensive one, so that anyone wishing to obtain high-class stock would do well to take a trip to the Continent.” R.L. Wallace, The Canary Book (1875) Thus began Wallace’s advice on how to import canaries from Belgium.  He gave details of the departures, the […]... Read More
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The Old Varieties, Part 2: the origins of the Belgian canary

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My history of the Belgian canary in Belgium will depart from convention and look at it in reverse order, working my way back from the end of the nineteenth century to its origins in the eighteenth.  Why?  Because I think it gets more interesting. My starting point is the illustration at the head of this […]... Read More
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The Old Varieties, Part 1: canary societies in Belgium

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The history of the canary fancy in Great Britain has been shaped by many people, mostly authors, organisers and famous breeders, yet the man who instigated the biggest advance of all is barely known. He was Mr John Varley, a Nottingham surgeon, whose innovations transformed the avian exhibition world in the mid 1800s.  He introduced […]... Read More