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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Country-houses and offices — Poultiy-yards and hen-houses 

 — Those of the Earl of Chesterfield, Lord Penrhyn, and 

 Earl Spencer — The Queen's — Mode of arrangement on a 

 moderate scale — Shelter and smoke — Roofing with tiles 

 and thatch — Description of a Clergyman's fowl-houses — 

 Those of a farmer and of a cottager — Proposed mode of 

 erection — Fumigation — Pilferage p. 1 



CHAPTER n. 



Poultry — Tame and Wild Birds — Origin and Description of 

 domesti ' Fowls — Moulting — The Cock — The Hen — Anec- 

 dote of a Robin — Age of Fowls — Breeding — Valentine's 

 day — Selection of Cocks and Hens — Number of Mates 

 to one Cock .33 



CHAPTER HI. 



Different sorts of domestic fowls — The Game-breed — Cock- 

 fighting — Pugnacity of the cock — The Dorking fowl — 

 Capons and Poulardes — The Malay, or Chittagong breed, 

 origin and size of — Polish and Spanish breeds — Everlast- 

 ing layers — The Shack-back — The Crested — Hybrids and 

 fancy-breeds — The Bantam ; anecdote of — The Barn- 

 door fowl — The Dunghill cock — Observations . . 61 



