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DOMESTICATED BIRDS 



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Domestication of Animals mainly accomplished by the Aryan Race; Small Amount of 

 Such Work by American Indians. — Barnyard P'owl : Mental Qualities ; Habits of 

 Combat. — Peacocks : their Limited Domestication. — Turkeys : their Origin ; tend- 

 ing to revert to the Savage State. — Water Fowl : Limited Number of Species 

 domesticated ; Intellectual Qualities of this Group. — The Pigeon : Origin and 

 History of Group ; Marvels of Breeding. — Song Birds. — Hawks and Hawking. — 

 Sympathetic Motive of Birds : their .-Esthetic Sense ; their Capacity for Enjoy- 

 ment, ..........■■••• 152 



USEFUL INSECTS 



Relations of Men to Insect World. — But Few Species Useful to Man. — Little Trace 

 of Domestication. — Honey-bees : their Origin ; Reasons for no Selective Work ; 

 Habits of the Species. — Silkworms : Singular Importance to Man. — Intelligence 

 of Species. — Cochineal Insect. — Spanish Flies. — Future of Man relative to Use- 

 ful Insects, ........■••••• 190 



THE RIGHTS OF ANIMALS 



Recent Understanding as to the Rights of Animals ; Nature of these Rights ; their 

 Origin in Sympathy.— Early State of Sympathetic Emotions. — Place of Statutes 

 concerning Animal Rights. — Present and Future of Animal Rights. — Question of 

 Vivisection. — Rights of Domesticated Animals to Proper Care ; to Enjoyment. — 

 Ends of the Breeder's Art.— Moral Position of the Hunter. — I'robable Develop- 

 ment of the Protecting Motive as applied to Animals, ..... 204 



THE PROBLEM OF DOMESTICATION 



The Conditions of Domestication ; Effects on Society ; Share of the Races of Men in 

 the Work. — Evils of Non-Intercourse with Domesticated Animals as in Cities ; 

 Remedies. — Scientific Position of Domestication ; Future of the Art. — List of 

 Species which may Advantageously be Domesticated.— Peculiar Value of the Birds 

 and Mammals. — Importance of Groups which tenant High Latitudes. — Plan for 

 Wilderness Reservations ; Relation to National Parks. — Project for International 

 System of Reservations. — Nature of Organic Provinces ; Harm done to them by 

 Civilized Men. — Way in which Reservations would Serve to Maintain Types of 

 the Life of the Earth ; how they may be Founded. — Summary and Conclusions, . 21S 



