ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIG. PAGE 



A Happy Family Frontispiece 



1. The Farm Lad and the Farm Flock 2 



2. Systematic Instruction in Poultry, Shown by Chart 4 



3. A Boys' and Girls' Poultry Show 9 



4. A Young Man and His Prize-winning Bird 10 



5. Plan for Poultry Yards and Gardens in Connection with a 



Rural School 12 



6. The Foundation to Poultry Keeping and Its Relation to 



Success 14 



7. The Skeleton of a Bird 16 



8. Details of a Feather 18 



9. Royal Terns at Their Island Nesting Ground 20 



10. Brown Pelicans at Their Nesting Site 21 



11. (A) Young Black-crowned Night Heron. (B) Young Green 



Heron 22 



12. Green Heron's Nest and Eggs 23 



13. Bobwhite's Nest and Eggs . 23 



14. (A) Bronze Turkey Male. (B) A Flock of White Holland 



Turkeys 24 



15. Song Sparrow's Nest and Eggs 25 



16. Ruby-throated Humming Bird's Nest and Eggs 25 



17. Baltimore Oriole's Nest 25 



18. Wood Thrush's Nest and Eggs 25 



19. Flicker's Nest and Eggs 26 



20. Bluebird's Nest and Eggs 26 



21. Barn Swallow's Nest 26 



22. Tree Swallow at Nesting Hole in Stump 26 



23. (A) Rose-breasted Grosbeak at Nest. (B) Nest and Eggs of 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak 27 



24. (A) Hooded Warbler's Nest and Eggs. (B) Hooded Warbler 



on Nest 27 



25. Red-shouldered Hawk and Family 28 



26. White-breasted Nuthatch on Hand 28 



27. Simple Bird Houses Which Can Be Made at Home 29 



28. Bluebird at Nesting Box 30 



29. House Wren at Nest Box 30 



30. (A) Slate-colored Junco on Feed Shelf. (B) Purple Finches 



on Feeding Shelf 31 



31. A Pair of Jungle Fowls 35 



32. A Pair of Malay or Aseel Fowls 35 



33. (A) Single Comb White Leghorn Male. (B) Light Brahma 



Male. (C) Barred Plymouth Rock Male 40 



34. (A) A White Leghorn Hen. (B) A Basket of White Eggs 



which Accounts for the Popularity of the Leghorn 49 



35. The Body Shape of the Leghorn Resembles that of an Egg . . 52 



36. A Pair of Single Comb White Leghorns 53 



37. A Pair of Black Minorcas 54 



38. A Pair of Silver Campines 55 



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