INDEX 



Abbotsbury, old swannery at, 229 



Africa, guinea fowl in, 202 ; ostrich 

 breeding in, 235 



African goose, 164 ; illustrated, 164 



Age, of earth, 25; of fowls, 92; of geese, 

 169; of swans, 223; of ostriches, 232 



Agricultural experiment stations, in- 

 terest of, in aviculture, 308 



Agricultural fairs, poultry exhibitions 

 at, 292 



Aigret of peafowl, 208 



Albumen, formation of, in egg, 17 



Alfalfa, 140, 236- 



American Wild Goose, 165; illus- 

 trated, 166 



American Wild Pigeon, 241 



Amherst Pheasant, illustrated, 214 



A neon a, 64 



Andalusian, Blue, 49, 64 



Animal kingdom, place of birds in, 2 



Animals, having bird characters, i ; 

 predacious, prevent use of colony 

 system, 107 



Annual production of poultry and 

 eggs in United States, 290 



Antwerp Homer Pigeon, 246 



Art, relation of, to poultry culture, 

 306 



Aseel, 50 



Ashes, use of, in poultry house, 715 



Asia, peafowl in, 208 ; pheasants in, 



212 



Asiatic races of fowls, 49 



Australia, Black Swan discovered in, 



223 



Austria, goose growing in, 167 

 Aylesbury Duck, 129; as a market 



duck in America, 147 



Babylonians, knowledge of fowls 



among, 36 

 Bache, importation of pheasants by, 



212 



Bakubas, ducks among the, 127 

 Bantams, 66; illustrated, 37, 66, 67, 



68, 69, 70 



Barbs of feather, 9 



Barnum, P. T., promoter of an early 



poultry show, 53 

 Barrel of dressed poultry iced for 



shipment, illustrated, 284 

 Barring, quality in, 295 

 Bat, a flying animal, i 

 Bath, for ducks, 139; for pigeons, 



261 ; for canaries, 273 

 Beard, of fowls, 10; of turkeys, 180 

 Bedding for ducks, 138 

 Beef scrap, 116, 140 

 Belgian Canary, 271; illustrated, 271 

 Bill, of duck, 124; of goose, 158 

 Bird, use of term, 2 

 Birdseed, composition of, 273 

 Black Swan, 223 

 Blackhead in turkeys, 198 

 Blood, feeding, to fowls, 90 

 Boat, swimming bird model for, 3, 124 

 Boston, first poultry show held in, 52 

 Boston Common, feeding pigeons on, 



illustrated, 245 

 Bourbon Red Turkey, 187; illustrated, 



1 88 



Brahma Bantams, 71 ; illustrated, 70 

 Brahmaputras, 53 

 Brahmas, Light, illustrated, 22, 36, 



37 ; Dark, illustrated, 51 ; used for 



roasters, 1 16 

 Bran, 78, 89 

 Branding swans, 225 

 Bread, feeding, to swans, 228 

 Breast in birds, relation of develop- 

 ment of, to flight, 12 

 Breed, defined, 28 

 Bremen Goose, 161 

 Broiler growing, 1 1 2 

 Bronze Turkey, 183; illustrated, 186 

 Broody hen, actions of, 93 

 Brown eggs, preference for, in Boston, 



289 



Brunswick Goose, 161 

 Bucks County Fowl, 56 

 Buff Turkey, 187 

 Buoyancy of aquatic birds, 15 



