jonque — Englisches Wörterbuch

Substantiv

1. A canary that is of a single color with no dark feathers.

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   I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy.

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   Canary-birds, however, are not likely to become extinct; […] each flock is said to have its own peculiar song, but we must not think the "jonques," so popular among us, form the majority in a flock.

   Pied birds are produced by matching a green jonque with a clean jonque, or a mealy hen.