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OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS 



Polish, 47 ; White, 34 ; Silver- 

 Spangled, illustrated, 39; White- 

 Crested Black, 47 



Pomeranian Goose, 161 



Poult, 1 80 



Pouter Pigeon, 250, 297 ; illustrated, 

 250 



Preserved eggs, 286 



Prices, how determined, 278 ; of fancy 

 poultry and pigeons, 301 



Profits, computation of, 72 



Pullet, 35 



Pure-bred, defined, 30 



Quail, laying of, in captivity, 18 

 Quantity of food, 80, 88 



Range, advantages of, 85 



Rapeseed for canaries, 273 



Reaumur, experiments of, in incuba- 

 tion, 307 



Reptile, resemblance of duckling to, 

 142 



Retailing poultry produce, 275, 288 



Rhode Island, goose growing in, 173 



Rhode Island Red, 61, 100 ; illus- 

 trated, 32 



Ringneck Pheasant, illustrated, 212 



Roaster growing, 113; illustrated, 1 14 



Rock Pigeon, 241 



Roller Canaries, 271 



Roller Pigeons, 248 



Romans, distribution of domestic 

 fowl by, 36, 46; peacock a favorite 

 dish among, 209 



Rooster, use of term, 34 



Rose-Comb Black Bantam, illustrated, 

 69 



Rotten egg, appearance of, when 

 candled, 96 



Rouen Duck, 130, 141 ; illustrated, 

 130 



Rudiments of judging poultry, 293 



Ruff, occurrence of, in pigeons, 10 



Rumpless Fowl, 65 



Running board for pigeons, 260 



Runt Pigeon, 251 ; illustrated, 241, 

 250 



Russia, geese in, 167 



Rye, 78, 1 16, 154 



'Saddleback Goose, 161 

 St. Andreasberg Roller, 271 

 Salt for pigeons, 265 

 Sawdust in poultry house, 75 



Scalding poultry, 284 



Scale on beak of young birds, 22 



Scales, relation of, to feathers, 8 



Scoring, 300 



Scotland, wild pigeon in, 240 



Scratching of birds, use of, 14 



Sebastopol Goose, 165; illustrated, 

 165 



Sebright Bantam, 70 ; illustrated, 70 



Shanghai, 53 



Shavings for litter in poultry house, 

 76 



Shell of egg, formation of, 1 7 



Silky fowl, 65 



Silver Pheasant, 215 



Sitting hen, illustrated, 19; food for, 95 



Slate Turkey, 187 



Slip, an imperfect capon, 1 17 



Snow, effect of, on poultry, 81, 92, 107, 

 125, 269 _ 



Social relations of birds, 3 



South America, guinea in, 202 



Space per bird in poultry house, 86 



Spain, turkey in, 181 



Spanish Goose, 162 



Spanish, White-Faced Black, illus- 

 trated, 38 



Spanish races of fowls, 49 



Sparrow, laying capacity of, 18 



Species, predatory relation of, 6 ; de- 

 fined, 24; origin of, 25 



Sprouted oats, 78 



Spurs, 33, 117 



Squab, 240 ; illustrated, 266, 267 



Squeaker. See Squab 



Standard-bred, defined, 30 



Standards for judging exhibition poul- 

 try, 299 



Strain, defined, 29 



Stub feather, 9 



Subvariety, defined, 29 



Summer quarters for poultry, illus- 

 trated, 123 



Sunlight, benefits of, 73 



Swan and nest, illustrated, 224 



Swannery, an English, illustrated, 

 228 



Swans feeding on the water, illustrated, 



Swedish Duck, Blue, illustrated, 133 

 Swimming, of birds, economic value 



of, 14; effect of, on growth of ducks, 



151 

 Swiss Mondaine Pigeon, illustrated, 



242 



