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Domesticated
canaries originated from wild birds imported
from the Canary Islands. It should be noted,
that the birds were named after the islands
from which they came and not vice versa.
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Most
breeds as we know them, began to emerge from
the early 1800s onwards. The wild canary is
almost identical in appearance to any common
crossbred, Self Green, domestic canary; that
is to say, 12.5cm (5 inches in length), greyish
green on the back, yellowish green underparts
and streaked with black on both back and flanks.
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