Guide to Breeding Specific Colours in Your Pet Birds

This antique book contains a detailed and interesting guide to breeding very specific colours into pet birds. The perfect book for both professional and private breeders, this text is accessible and comprehensive, and constitutes a great addition to any collection of avicultural literature. Chapters contained in this book include: ''Good and Bad Matings'', ''It Cannot be Done'', ''General Principles'', ''Type Visibility'', ''Importance of Ancestry'', ''Hereditary Colour'', ''Dipping into the Green'', ''Light Greens'', ''Dark Greens'', ''Olive x Mauve'', ''Light Yellows'', ''Dark Yellows'', ''Skyblues'', ''Cobalts'', et cetera. This book has been chosen for republication due to its educational value, and is proudly republished here complete with a new introduction to the subject of aviculture.