Victorian Canary Society [V.C.S.]
Norwich Canary Standard of Excellence
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SCALE OF POINTS |
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Colour: Rich, bright and level throughout, with sheen and brilliancy. If colour fed, yellows a rich orange, buff a rich ground colour and well mealed. |
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Point Value: 10 |
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Staging: Clean and correctly staged |
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Point value: 5 |
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Type: Short and cobby, back broad and well filled in showing a slight rise transversely. Chest broad and deep, giving an expansive curved front, and sweeping there-from in one full curve to the tail. Ideal length 6 to 61/4 inches (152 to 160 mm), Stance or position at about an angle of 45° |
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Point value: 25 |
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Head: Proportionately bold and assertive in its carriage. A full forehead rising from a short neat beak. To be well rounded over and across the skull. Cheeks full and clean featured: eye to be well-placed and unobscured. |
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Point value: 10 |
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Neck: Short and thick, continuing to run from the back scull on to the shoulders, and from a full throat to the breast. |
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Point value: 10 |
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Wings: Short and well placed, meeting nicely at the tips to rest lightly, yet closely on the rump. |
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Pont value: 10 |
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Tail: Short, closely packed and well filled in at the root. Rigidly carried, giving an all-of-one-piece appearance with the body. |
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Point value: 5 |
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Note: There is also a cinnamon variety of the Norwich which has a modified point scale based on the Norwich Standard. | Legs & Feet: Well set back. Feet perfect. |
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Point value: 5 |
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Condition: In full bloom of perfect health. Bold and bouncing movement. |
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Point value: 10 |
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Quality of Feather: Close and fine in texture, presenting the smooth plumage necessary to give clean-cut contour. |
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Point value: 10 |
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TOTAL POINTS: 100 |
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