476 INDEX. 



CHICKENS, or CHICKS How Mr. Devereux rears them with- 

 out a mother P 329 



Proper Coop for Importance of Early Chickens 330 



Mr. Cope's mode of rearing them 331 



Col. Jaques Chicken Coop 329 



CHITTAGONG FOWL 2G7 



Various names of Found generally crossed 270 



General characteristics of. 270 



Mr. Taggart's appreciation of. 271 



COCHIN CHINA FOWL 143 



Little known of the origin of the Queen's Cochins 144 



Character of the Egg 144 



Mr Nolan's description of the Cochin China Fowl 144 



The Editor's importation of Cochins 145 



Mr. Burnham's importation His description of 14G 



The Shanghaes from the same stock 148 



What Mr. Burnham was offered for choice specimens 149 



Notices of his stock 150 



Mr. Dixon regards the Shanghaes and Cochins as identical 150 



See Mr. D.'sletter on page 151 



Mr. Dixon's estimate and description of Cochins 152 



List of the weight of various Fowls, Cochins included 153 



Cochin China Fowls frequently feathered down the legs 156 



White ear-lobes not necessary to purity 157 



Weight and characteristics of the Eggs of Cochins 158 



DISEASES AND REMEDIES OF FOWLS 84 



The Hour, and its treatment Surgical cases 85 



The GAPES its treatment 87 



How to remove the fasdolce 89 



VERMIN, how to remove 91 



Startling facts concerning parasitic insects 93 



Two important letters from D. Taggart, Esq, on the manage- 

 ment, etc., of Poultry 96 



LICE, how to remove and destroy Arrangements for laying... 97 



Best destroyer of vermin 99 



DOMESTIC FOWL Antiquity of the keeping of. 25 



Aristotle familiar with 27 



The reputed wild originals of the Domestic Fowl, doubtful 28 



Head quarters of the 38 



Unknown to the Icelanders 41 



