INDEX 



315 



Long Island duck farms, 146 

 Losses due to bad handling of poultry 



produce, 282 

 Lyell, James C., on origin of domestic 



pigeon, 240 



Malay fowl, 50 



Mallard Duck, 126; illustrated, 127 

 Maltese Hen Pigeon, 252 

 Manchester Coppy, 271 

 Manchurian Pheasant, illustrated, 215 

 Mandarin Duck, 134 

 Mangel-wurzels, 89 

 Manure, poultry, use of, 75; pigeon, 

 used in manufacture of gunpowder, 



2 53 

 Mash, time of feeding, 78 ; method of 



making, 89; use of, 89, 98, 140; 



cooking, 103 

 Meat meal, 140 

 Mexico, turkey in, 181 

 Middlemen, 275 



Milk, feeding, tochicks, 98; pigeon, 267 

 Minorcas, illustrated, 48, 49 

 Molting, 1 1 



Monaul, illustrated, 216 

 Mondaine Pigeon, Swiss, illustrated, 



242 

 Mongolian Pheasant, 215 ; illustrated, 



213 



Mongrel Geese, illustrated, 167 

 Monks, probable originators of many 



types of fancy fowls, 48 

 Mule, defined, 25 

 Muscovy Duck, 125, 129; illustrated, 



128 

 Mute Swan, 222 



Narragansett Turkey, 183 



Native fowls in America, 43 



Neck, handling ducks by, 125 



Nest building, 18 



Nest eggs, 94 



Nests, fowls', 94; ducks', 138; geese's, 



171; turkeys', 195; swans', 228; 



pigeons', 259, 264; canaries', 274 

 Netherlands, Indian Runner Duck in, 



132 



Netted Guinea, 203 

 New Jersey, pheasant introduced into, 



213 



Norfolk Turkey, 182 

 Norwich Canary, illustrated, 270 

 Nubia, ownership of fowls in, 39 

 Nun Pigeons, illustrated, 252 



Oatmeal for chicks, 98 



Oats, 78 ; feeding, in sheaf, 89 



Offal of slaughtered animals, feeding, 



to poultry, 90 

 Oil in feathers, 1 1 



Oregon, pheasant introduced into, 213 

 Ornamental birds, number of, in 



domestication limited, 7 

 Ornamental ducks, 156 

 Ornamental geese, 164 

 Ornithorhynchus, resemblance of, to 



bird, i 

 Orpington Ducks, Blue, illustrated, 



134 

 Orpington fowl, 63 ; illustrated, 64, 



65 

 Ostrich, illustrated, 231, 233, 235, 



237 



Outdoor quarters for fowls, 72 

 Ovary, 17 

 Oviduct, 17 



Ovules, numbers of, in hens, 18 

 Owl Pigeon, illustrated, 249 

 Oyster shell for fowls, 81 



Packing houses, relation of, to distri- 

 bution of poultry produce, 280 



Pairing of birds, 3, 168, 178, 205, 210, 

 219, 236, 262, 274 



Partridge, peculiarity of flight of, 13 



Passenger Pigeon, 241 



Peacock, tail of, 10; Indian, illustrated, 

 207 . _ 



Pearl Guinea, 203 



Peas for pigeon food, 265 



Pekin Duck, 131, 147; illustrated, 131, 

 140, 141 



Penguin, locomotion of, i 



Perches for pigeons, 259 



Persia, pigeon in ancient, 245 



Petaluma, egg farming at, 119; illus- 

 trated, 1 17 



Philadelphia chickens, 114 



Phoenix cockerel, illustrated, 52 



Pied Guinea, 203 



Pigment in feathers, 1 1 



Pigmy Pouters, 251 



Plantain for canaries, 273 



Plucking live geese, 167 



Plymouth Rock, Barred, 57, 295 ; illus- 

 trated, 54, 55,80; White, 58; illus- 

 trated, 56 ; Buff, 59, 62 ; illustrated, 

 57; Columbian, 61 ; illustrated, 62; 

 Silver-Penciled, 61 ; illustrated, 58 



Point Judith Bronze Turkey, 183 



