INDEX. 



CHAPTER IV. PAOK 



HATCHING OUT 34 



The cry is still they come. Macbeth, Act v., scene 5. 



THE INCUBATOR 36 



Too early seen, unknown, and known too late. 



Romeo and Juliet, Act i., scene 5. 



CHAPTER V. 

 THE REARING FIELD 48 



When spring unlocks the flowers to paint the 

 laughing soil. REGINALD HEBER. 



PROTECTION FROM VERMIN 56 



That raven on the left hand oak 

 (Curse on his ill-betiding croak), 

 Bodes me no good. GAY (Fable xxxvii.). 



CHAPTER VI. 



MOVING OF THE COOPS AND TREATMENT OF 

 THE YOUNG BIRDS 64 



Look before you leap, see ere you go. 



TUSSER, chap. Ivii. 



Dry sun, dry wind. TUSSER, chap. Ivii. 



Safe bind, safe find. WASHING. 



CHAPTER VII. 



RECIPES FOR THE PREPARATION OF AND IN- 

 STRUCTIONS FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRA- 

 TION OF THE FOOD TO YOUNG PHEASANTS. 78 



Unquiet meals make ill digestions. 



Comedy of Errors, Act v., scene I. 



