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         DERECHOS RESERVADOS

The melanin design is superimposed on a combination of one of the following backgrounds:

Background color: (lipocrhome)

·        Yellow or Ivory

·        Dominant  or Recessive White

·        Red or Rose Ivory

Feather type (category)

·        Intensive

·        Frost

·        Dimorphic (mosaic)

· Other

·        Ino (red eyes) - which can be sex linked or recessive (lutino, albino, rubino,         rosino)

   C. O. M. CLASSIFICATION TABLE

CLASSIC MELANINS

The wild canary from Canary Islands , Madeira and Azores has a combination of black and brown pigments  melanin pigments and lots of phaeomelanin overlayed on a yellow ground and  lightly frosted feather, subjects will vary slightly from one region to another but in general the visible appearance is of a sage brush green coloration, this wild canary through mutations and the intervention of man has evolved into four classic melanins which are referred to as TYPE or SERIES these can furthermore be affected by other SECONDARY FACTORS which in turn alter the appearance of the classic melanins and are denominated NEW  COLORS or NEW MUTATIONS.

a-3-II-C

Black Red Greywing  Dimorphic