INDEX. 



PAGES 



Ostrich Fowl ... 33,78 



Ovarium, or Egg Cluster of Fowls 100 



Pea Fowl 277 



Feeding and Management of. 188 

 Geographical Distribution of . 181 



Japan 182 



Laying and Brooding of 187 



Origin and History of 178 



Queen Victoria's 179 



Range and Domestic Accom- 

 modation of. 186 



Pen Birds (Female Swans) 245 



Pheasant-Malay Fowl 40 



Fowl . 40 



Breed 40 



Polotokian 113 



Poulardes, how to make 253 



Poultry Raising, Profits of 300 



Statistics 313 



Weight of. 30 35 76 78, 79, 142, 152, 

 221, 249, 315 



Queen Victoria's Pea Fowl . . . . 179 



Rumkin, or Rumpless Fowl 81 



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Sonnerat's Jungle Fowl 21 



Stanley's " 21 



Swan, Chinese 222 



Common 245, 299 



* Distinction between Sexes 2471 



PA.GSTS. 



Swan, Common, Feeding of 247, 299 



" Management of ... 247, 299 



" Mute 245 



Natural History of .... 244 

 " Pairing of 246 



Turkey, Domestic 151, 297 



Caponising of 166 



Choice of the Cock .. 153 



Eggs of 157 



Fattening of 164 



Incubation of 158 



Laying of 155 



Long-Island Dwarf.... 151 

 Number of Hens to a 



Cock 155 



Origin and History of 133 

 Range and Domestic 



AccommodBtion of. 152 

 Selection of the Hen . 154 

 Should not roost with 



other Fowls 152 



Topknotted Variety 



of 152 



Story of, in Persia ... 137 



Young of, how to treat 160 



" injured by 



Wet 148 



Weight of 152, 164 



Turkey, Wild, described 139 



Crossed with Domestic 



Breed 142 



Eggs of 146 



Geographical Distribu- 

 tion of 149 



Habits of 143 



Honduras 138 



Weight of 142 



iVhen introduced into 

 Europe 136 



