Editor of the fonru-Cinwa Dany News"
Sm—In reply to Cuanit's Aux, Roller Canaries originated from the Hartz Mountain districts in Germany, but they are now to be found nearly all progressive countries, Various strains have been preserved Jand bred in various countries for long that they have now become more or less indigenous to those parts; thus, we have British Roller Canaries, Japanese. ete, Commereializing of this industry om a big scale has produced indifferent birds, but prize strains are obtain fable in most countries, which obtained the original strains from the Germans shortly before or after the World War, Roller Canaries. roughly speaki can now be divided into two main Jclasses: namely, "contest birds" and "merry songsters." "Contest birds" are faultless songsters specially bred for song competition and are rather costly, while "merry songsters" are] market birds, mainly kept as pets by non-specializing fanciers, The name "Roller" is possibly derived from the fact that 'a good. bird sings in one continuous sequence
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