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DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 



BY 



J. JENNER WEIR, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S. 



\^th DECEMBER, 1886. 



Part II. — Birds. 



In my former paper on Domestic Animals, Part I., I dealt 

 entirely with Mammalia, in this I shall confine myself to 

 Birds. 



As I before stated, there is not more than about one per 

 cent, of the known species of Mammalia truly domestic, and 

 it is even more startling to find that about one-tenth per cent, 

 of the known species of birds is domestic. 



There are between ten and eleven thousand species of 

 birds known, and not more than eleven are domestic ; but, 

 if the Ostrich is included, the only one recently subdued to 

 man's use, the percentage would be a little higher; in the 

 enumeration I include two kept only as pets, and two kept 

 only for ornament. 



The following is a list of the species: — 

 DOMESTIC BIRDS. 



Fringilline ... Canary Anathne ... Swan, Goose, 

 Columbine ... Pigeon, Dove Duck, and Musk 



Galline ... Peacock.Turkey, Duck 



Fowl, & Guinea Stricthine ... Ostrich 



Fowl 



Of these birds, two, the Canary and Dove are kept as 

 pets only ; two, the Peacock and Swan, for their beauty ; one, 

 the Musk Duck, partly for ornament and partly for food ; one 

 other, the Pigeon, is kept partly as a fancy bird, partly for use 

 as a carrier of messages, and partly as food; the Ostrich is 



