THE MELANISED Part 9.
The ancestor of our modern-day canary was the wild canary: a grey-green gray bird that, in addition to its good singing qualities, also carried all the colors we know today - except for red, which was later introduced into the canary through crossbreeding with the hooded siskin.
We can divide color canaries into two main groups:
1. The melanized or scarred.
2. The fatty substances or lipochromes.
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