Index. 



93 



Eggs, number of, to set, 20 



Packing, 83 



Setting, 19 



Testing, 25 

 Elliot's "Monograph of Pheasants, ' ' 



90 

 Elliots, 52 



Colours of cocks, 52 



Colours of hens, 52 



General appearance of, 52 



Good points of, 53 



Hardiness of, 53 



Introduction of, 52 



Love-making of, 86 



Number of eggs laid by hen, 



Number of hens to cock, 53 



Pugnacity of, 85 



Rarity of, 53 



Erecting a permanent aviary, 4-8 

 Euplocamus nycthemerus, 37 



Prelatus, 50 



Swinhoei, 42 



F. 



Feeding, 19 



Chickens, 29 

 Common pheasants, 65 

 Laying hens, 19 

 Fertility, testing eggs for, 25 

 Fishermen, value of plumage of 



Golds to, 34 

 Value of plumage of Lady 



Amhersts to, 40 

 Floors, concrete, 9 

 Food for laying hens, 1 7 



Recommended for chickens, 30 

 Foreign pheasants an attraction to 

 the grounds of a country- 

 house, I 

 Fractures, 80 



G. 



Gallophasis Ellioti, 52 

 Game-preserver, varieties desirable 



for the, 89 

 Gapes, 77 



Treatment of, by inhalation 

 of carbolic acid fumes, 77 



Gaudy plumage and harsh voices, 



85 

 Golds, 34 



Beauty of, 2 

 Breeding, 36 

 Buying young cocks of, 2 

 Causes of popularity of, 34 

 Colours of cocks, 35 

 Colours of hens, 35 

 Grace in movement of, 36 

 Hardiness of, 2, u 

 Hardiness of my, 87 

 Incessant restless motion of, 



87 



Introduction of, 34 

 Kept in the open, 2 

 Moderate cost of, 2 

 Number of hens to cock, 36 

 Pugnacity of cocks, 35 

 Restless disposition of, 34 

 Roosting in the open, 2 

 Special advantages of keeping, 



Splendid plumage of, 36 

 Suitability of, as pets, 35 

 Value of plumage of, 34 



H. 



Handling birds, method of, 82 

 Hardiness of Golds, 2, n 



Of Lady Amhersts, 40 

 Harsh voices and gaudy plumage, 85 

 Hatching, 25 



How to assist, 25 

 Hens for sitting, best, 19 



Laying, 17 



Off their eggs, 23 



Sitting, treatment of, 20 

 How aviaries should face, 8 



I. 



Impeyans, 59 



Colours of cocks, 59 



Colours of hens, 60 



Feeding, 60 



Longevity of, 59 



Number of eggs laid by hen, 60 



Number of hens to cock, 60 



