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Ducks 



Habits of the wild duck 



Tlie domestic duck 



Rhone and Muscovy ducks 



Breeding 



Eggs and hatching 



Ducklings . 



Hatching by the hens of fowls 



Feeding of young ducks 



Fatting of grown ducks . 



Experiments on feeding, weigh 



Ponds, and anecdote 



and value 



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Diseases of Poultry. 



The 



roup 



The pip, or gapes . 



Fever .... 



Crop sickness 



Moulting, hen-lice, and old age 



Mode of killing . 



General treatment 



Pigeons. 

 Description and origin of the various breeds 



the wood-pigeon 



the turtle-dove 



the carrier, and its employment 



the English dove-cote pigeon 



the blue dove-house pigeon 



fancy pigeons and prices . 

 Attachment to home 

 Habits, courtship, and constancy 

 Building of their nests 

 Eggs, incubation, and pigeon's milk 

 Process of hatching 

 Squabs and squeakers 

 Dove-cotes .... 



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