20 OUR DOMESTIC ^O^VLS. 



Domestic Poultry. We shall endeavour to 

 treat the subject in a popular and interesting 

 manner, divesting scientific details of that 

 obscurity which, from the use of technicalities, 

 the general reader too frequently complains is 

 thrown around them. 



DOMESTIC POULTRY. 



Domestic poultry may be divided into three 

 distinct groups, — first, the Gallinaceous group, 

 of which the fowl, peacock, turkey, etc., are 

 examples ; secondly, the Columbine, or pigeon 

 group, of which our domestic species are 

 limited in number ; and thirdly, the Aquatio 

 group, domestic waterfowl, of which the swan, 

 duck, and goose are famihar examples. 



In habits, manners, instincts, and structural 

 peculiarities, these three groups differ in very 

 essential particulars. 



THE GALLINACEOUS GROUP. 



Though many of the gallinaceous birds 

 perch on trees, yet, in their characteristic 

 habits they are birds of the ground ; it is 

 there that they search for their food, which 

 consists of grains, seeds, root, especially those 



