modifying factors). The occurrence of white feathering in a Bengalese typically first appears around the beak and the lower abdomen with occasional white feathers in the wings and tail. As the amount of white increases other parts will also have white feathers. The last areas to become white are often around the eyes and upper thighs. Colour standards indicate 30% white feathering but the general show standard states 50% as the ideal level, evenly balanced on both sides.


Chocolate & Whites As indicated above Chocolate & White variegated (pied) Bengalese were first imported into Europe from Japan in


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the 19th century. It is one of the most popular colours, with the colour standard indicating that birds should be a deep plain chocolate.


Fawn & Whites Fawn & White variegated Bengalese were also first imported into Europe in the 19th Century. Cinnamon was sometimes used to describe their colour. The fawn colour should be deep and even. Genetically the chocolate colour in Bengalese is dominant to fawn. Dilute Fawn & Whites The Dilute Fawn & White Bengalese Finch was established in the 1970s, but the origins are not clear. Initially the mode of inheritance was stated as being


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