CONTENTS. 



CHAP I. 

 The Domestic Fowl Page 26 



CHAP. II. 

 The Rearing and Management of Fowls 69 



CHAP. III. 

 Eggs Their Colour, Form, and Sex 100 



CHAP. IV. 

 Eggs Their Preservation for Culinary Purposes 106 



CHAP. V. 

 Eggs Their Preservation for Incubation 114 



CHAP. VI. 

 Varieties of the Shanghae Fowl 126 



CHAP. VII. 



The Cochin China Fowl 143 



Burnham's Importation of Cochin China Fowl 144 



CHAP. VIII. 

 The Malay Fowl, sometimes (though erroneously) called Chitta- 



gong. 160 



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