Memories of the Knighton partnership

Posted on 24/09/201727/09/2017 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

In 1990 Cage & Aviary Birds published a ‘four page pull-out’ featuring the Lizard canary. It was organised by John Scott on behalf of the LCA. It contained articles by John, Stan Bolton, a poem in Black Country dialect by Brian Gisby (brilliant), a summary of the Lizard canary show standard, and an article on […]... Read More

The COM Lizard classification, part 3: the devil is in the detail

Posted on 21/03/201722/03/2017 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

COM has finally caught up with the rest of the Lizard world and will provide classes for clear caps, broken caps and non caps next show season. In the final chapter of this short series, I am going to look at some of the finer points of the cap that will now come to the fore.... Read More

COM Lizard classification, part 2: the 10% rule

Posted on 12/03/2017 by Huw Evans 4 Comments

Ernest Gracia tells me that there was an experiment some years ago to allow up to 10% dark feathers in the classes for clear birds in Section E (type/posture canaries). It proved so contentious that the experiment was quickly abandoned. Will the Lizard’s cap suffer the same fate?... Read More

COM Lizard classification: clear cap or broken cap?

Posted on 05/03/2017 by Huw Evans 1 Comment

In part 1, I published a photo of a silver Lizard and asked if it was a clear cap or broken cap. You can see the same bird from a different angle above.... Read More

The COM Lizard classification, part 1: brave new world

Posted on 01/03/2017 by Huw Evans 3 Comments

O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t. From The Tempest by William Shakespeare.... Read More

Variegation, part 3: spangles

Posted on 15/02/2017 by Huw Evans 1 Comment

This series is all about the contrast of light and dark we can see in the plumage of birds. The spangle of the Lizard canary is a special form of variegation, unique amongst canaries, yet as we saw in Part 2 , common enough in the bird world. ... Read More

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Posted on 10/02/2017 by Huw Evans 14 Comments

Today.... Read More

fine spangled sort

The London Fancy and the Lizard canary

Lizard canary