10 VARIETIES. 



SECTION III. 



GALLINACEOUS FOWLS. 



Description and Management. 



WE have no history so ancient as the domestication 

 of the common cock and hen. The cock was sup- 

 posed to be of Persian origin, but the species has 

 been since propagated and introduced into general 

 use, throughout the whole world, from east to west, 

 from the burning climate of India to the frozen 

 zone. Although fowls used for the table are by 

 nature granivorous, yet all the various species, the 

 goose perhaps excepted, are carnivorous likewise, 

 and great devourers of fish. 



The principal VARIETIES in use, of the common 

 species of FOWLS, are DUNG-HILL FOWLS GAME- 

 DORKING POLAND BANTAM CHITTAGONG, Or MA- 

 LAY SHACK BAG SPANISH, and their endless sub- 

 varieties. 



The common DUNG-HILL FOWL needs no descrip- 

 tion of middling size, every variety of colour, and 

 to be found in every part of the country. 



Game Variety. 



GAME FOWLS are too well known to require a par- 

 ticular description. Their plumage, particularly 



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