INDEX. 



AYLESBURY DUCK The best kind of. Page 465 



The WHITE CALL DUCK 465 



The WHITE HOOK-BILLED DUCK. The ROUEN DUCK 466 



BERNICLE GOOSE Becoming more and more productive in 



captivity 450 



Where to be pinioned May be delayed too long 450 



Description of the Bernicle Goose -Number of Eggs laid 451 



Young liable to a certain disease 452 



BLACK SPANISH FOWL A distinct variety 204 



Weight of, atmaturity Mr. Blake's Black Spanish 204 



Laying qualities, etc 205 



Mr. Dixon's account of them 206 



Neither good sitters nor mothers 207 



Young Chick's appearance, etc 208 



Varieties of Spanish Fowls 209 



Cross with Pheasant-Malay 211 



Precociousness of 212 



BREMEN GOOSE Origin of the name 429 



Colour of plumage, bill, feet, and legs 430 



Laying, and weight of Quality of flesh of. 431 



Season of laying Method of preventing unseasonable laying. 432 



Period of incubation 433 



Method of hatching and feeding the Young 433 



Average weight at seven or eight months old. 434 



Breeding boxes Name of this variety in England 434 



BRENT GOOSE The smallest of the tribe 453 



Has not bred in captivity in any British collection 453 



Where they may be obtained Not easy to distinguish the sex. 454 



Not good for the table 454 



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