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Burnham, author of " The History of 



the Hen Fever," 53 

 Buttermilk, 98 



Cabbage for poultry, 89, 117, 140 

 Cackling of fowls, 33 

 Cages for canaries, 272 

 Call Ducks, 133, 134; illustrated, 135 

 Cambridgeshire Bronze Turkey, 182 

 Canada Goose, 165; illustrated, 166 

 Canary Islands, canaries in, 269 

 Candling eggs, 21, 283; illustrated, 



282 



Capon, 1 1 6 



Carneaux squabs, illustrated, 266 

 Carrier Pigeon, 243 

 Cart, used on poultry farm, illustrated, 



102 



Cats and canaries, 272 



Cayuga Duck, 131 



Cement floor in poultry house, 74 



Central America, turkey in, 181 



Ceylon, peafowl in, 209 



Chalazae, function of, 17 



Charcoal fire, incubating eggs over, 307 



Chicken, exclusion of, 22 ; technical 



use of term, 35 

 Chickweed for canaries, 273 

 Children as poultry keepers, 39, 42 

 China, introduction of poultry into, 



36; Pekin Duck brought from, 131 ; 



artificial incubation in, 305 

 China Geese, 162 ; illustrated, 162, 163 

 Chinese races of fowls, 51 

 Cities, relation of growth of, to poultry 



culture, 278 



Classes of domestic birds, 6 

 Clover, 140 



Clucking of hen, 33, 93 

 Cochin, Buff, illustrated, 50; Black, 



used in making Plymouth Rock, 57 ; 



Partridge, judging, 296 

 Cochin Bantams, 69 ; illustrated, 69 

 Cock, use of term, 34 

 Cockfighting, prohibition of, 5 

 Cockerel, 35 

 Cold storage, 112, 285 

 Colony houses, illustrated, 101, 103, 



104, 106 



Colony system of poultry keeping, 101 

 Color, in feathers, 10; of wild ances- 

 tor of domestic fowl, 27 ; of wild 



ancestor of domestic pigeon, 247 ; 



consideration of, in judging, 294 

 Comb, of fowl, 33, 1 17 ; of guinea, 200 



Commerce, relations of, to avicul- 

 ture, 308 



Common Pheasant, 214 



Comparison judging, 299 



Confinement, effect of, on egg produc- 

 tion, 72, 74 



Cooling dressed poultry, 285 ; illus- 

 trated, 287 



Coop, made of dry-goods box, illus- 

 trated, 75 ; for hens and chicks, 97 ; 

 illustrated, 97, 98, 106; for turkey 

 hen and brood, illustrated, 197 ; for 

 pheasants, illustrated, 218, 219 



Corn, cracked, 78, 98, 103, 116, 140, 

 175; feeding, on cob, 89; soaking 

 whole, 89 ; for sitting hens, 95 ; 

 stale, 220 



Corn meal for chicks, 78, 89, 97 



Cornfield, poultry in, 106; illustrated, 



122 



Cracker crumbs for chicks, 98 

 Creameries as egg-collecting depots, 



280 

 Creamy tint in white feathers, cause 



of, 1 1 

 Crest, occurrence of, in fowls, 10; 



consideration of, in judging, 295 

 Crested White Duck, 133 

 Crop, function of, 16 ; size of, in duck, 



140; peculiarity of, in ostrich, 232 

 Croppers, 250 

 Crossbred, defined, 29 

 Crow of cock, 33 



Grower, colloquial use of term, 35 

 Cuckoo, laying habit of, i ; mating 



habits of, 3 ; fowls, 43 

 Curl in tail of drake, 127 

 Cuttle bone for canaries, 273 

 Cygnet, 224 



Darknecked Pheasant, 214 



Decoration, feathers used for, 32 



Decorative plumage, 10 



Deer's hair for canaries' nests, 274 



Diet of birds, 15 



Disqualifications for exhibitions, 298 



Domestication, adaptability of species 



to, 7 



Dominique, 43, 55, 57; illustrated, 43 

 Dorking, 44, 55; illustrated, 44 

 Dove, origin and use of term, 240 

 Dovecots, great number of, in England 



in medieval times, 252 

 Down, defined, 8; replaced by feathers, 



ii ; sometimes a disqualification, 299 



