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THE ORIGINAL JUNGLE FOWL (Gallus bankiva) AND SOME OF HIS DO- 

 MESTIC DESCENDANTS, 153 



HOUDIN, COCHINS, LEGHORNS, AND GAME . .158 



BANTAMS, BRAHMA, AND DORKINGS, , . 160 



CONTRIBUTIONS FROM ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA PEACOCKS, GUINEA- 

 FOWL, AND TURKEY . . . 163 



THE DOMESTICATED TURKEY, . . ... . . .165 



THE LARGEST OF ALL POULTRY THE OSTRICH, . . . ... 168 



AN EIDER COLONY, . . . . ~ .. . . . . . . 170 



TERNS AIDING A WOUNDED COMRADE, ....... 171 



SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE POULTRY YARD, . ...".. . . . 173 



SWANS, . . . . . . . . . . , . . * . 174 



THE ORIGINAL WILD ROCK DOVE ( Columba lima ) AND SOME OF ITS 



DOMESTIC DESCENDANTS, . . . 175 



TURTLE DOVES, ..... . . . . . . . . 177 



THE GIANT CROWNED PIGEON OF INDIA, ....... 178 



THE ENGLISH PHEASANT, . . . 181 



THE FALCONER'S FAVORITE PEREGRINE FALCON, . . . . .184 

 THE BANDIT'S BROOD, '. . 186 



