XII CONTENTS. 



IV. DISEASES OF THE BRAIN Page 



1. Apoplexy 267 



2. Melancholy and Moping 269 



V. DISEASES OF THE SKIN. 



1. Moulting 269 



2. Loss of Feathers 270 



3. Vermin 271 



VI. EXTERNAL DISORDERS. 



1. Disease of the Rump Gland 272 



2. Fractures and Dislocations 272 



3. Wounds and Sores 273 



4. Vermin in Poultry-houses 273 



APPENDIX. 



Exhibition of Poultry in the Public Garden, Nov. 15th 

 and 16th, 1849 275 



Constitution of the New England Society for the Improve- 

 ment of Domestic Poultry 296 



Letter from the Committee of Supervision of the Poultry 

 Exhibition at the Public Garden, to Dr. Bennett ... 303 



Cochin Chinas and Shanghaes 304 



Chittagong Fowl 305 



