Varieties. 13 



SECTION IIL 



GALLINACEOUS FOWLS. 



Varieties. 



We Iiave no history so ancient as the 

 domestication of the common cock and hen. 

 The cock was supposed to be of Per- 

 sian origin, but the species has been since 

 propagated and introduced into general use, 

 throughout the wdiole world ; from east to 

 west, from the burning chmate of India 

 to the frozen zone. Although fowls used 

 lor the table are by nature granivorous, 

 yet all the various specis, the goose per- 

 haps excepted, are carnivorous likewise, 

 and great devourers of fish. 



The principal varieties in use, of the 

 common specie??, or fo^tls. are — duns- 



