CONTENTS. C H A P T E R I. Page. I Page, Importance of Breeding and Rearing 3 Proflts from Eggs and Poi ltry . 5 Poultry Clubs… . . 3 Export of Eggs … . 5 C H A P T E R 11. Origin of our Domestic Fowl . . 8 Cochin China Fowl . . 8 Weight of English irds . . 10 Mnlay Fowl … . . 10 Chittagong Fowl … . 14 Coloured Dorking … 14 Weight of Dorking Fowi . . 15 White Dorking … . 17 Old Sussex … . . 17 Shakebag … . .. 17 Spanish … … 18 Colombian … . 20 Black Polish …, . 21 White Polish … . . 21 Spangled Polish … 22 Spangled amb burgh … 22 Golden Spangled Pheasant Fowl . 25 Points of Perfection … 27 Silver Spangled Pheasant Fowl . 28 Black Pheasant Fowl … 28 Barbary Fowl … . . 29 Negro Fowl … . 29 Bolton Grstys, or Dutch I3very-day Layers… ., . . 30 Frizzled Fowl… . . 31 Rumpkins, or Tail-less Fowl . . 32 Silk Fowl … . . 32 Game Fowl … ., 33 The Coek Pit … . . 34 The Cock Fight … . 28 Sebright Bantams . . 41 Two Hens and Cock sold or 5 1 0 s. 42 Rankiva Fowl… . . 43 The Bronze Coek … . 44 llic Fork-tailed Cock … 44 Sonnerats Wild Cock … 45 C H A P T E R 111. Choice of Stock for Breeding Progressive Stages of the Egg . 48 Collecting Eggs for Hatching Artificial Hatching… . 51 Hatching . . Fattening . . 5 3 Management df Eggs for Fowl easily landd K ept . . 53 C H A P T E R IV. The Wild Turkey … . 54 1 Dor lesticT urkey … . G6 Female Wild Turkey … 59 Breeding Turkeys … . 67 Oucellated Turkey. p … 64 1 Dangerous Food for Turkeys. . G9 CHAPTEK V. ORNAMENTAL FOWL . . 69 Pea Fowl … . 69 The Javanese kea Fowl… 72 Pintado, or Gninea Fowl . . 74 The CrestedGuinea Fowl . . 75 The Ring-necked Pheasant . . 76 Best Food for Pheasants . . 81 The Golden Pheasa lt … 83 The Silver Pheasant . 8 5 . The Whole Pheasant r i b e . . 87 The Pliasianus superbus . . 87 Soemmerings Pheasant … S8 Argus Pheasant … . 88 The Impeyan Pheasant … 88 C H A P T E R VI. GAME BIRDS … . . 90 Accident to Henw the VIII, , while The Great Bustard … . 90 Hawki lg … . . 97 lesser Bustard … . 92 The Common Heron … 97 Time of Shooting … . 92 Preservation by Law … 97 Heron Hawking . 93 Duke of St. lbanskranb. alconer 95 Colonel Thornhills Hawking Match 5 The Gyr Falcon, . 96 Heronries … . . 98 List of Heroilries … DS Ihe Rittern … 9 9 The Little i t t k n l … 102 PREFACE…
