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CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



AQUATIC FOWLS. THE GOOSE. 



American Wild Goose 236 



Domestic Goose 240 



Toulouse Goose, 247 



Embden Goose 248 



African Goose 252 



Chinese Goose 254 



White Chinese Goose 255 



Barnacle Goose 257 



Brant Goose 259 



Egyptian Goose 2 60 



Goose-houses, Nests, etc 261 



Diseases of Geese 262 



Plucking Geese 263 



Fattening Geese 264 



CHAPTER XVII. 



AQUATIC FOWLS. THE DUCK. 



The Mallard Duck 265 



Black East Indian, or Buenos Ayrean Duck 266 



Musk or Brazilian Duck 267 



Wood Duck 270 



Mandarin Duck 271 



Rouen Duck.. . 272 



Aylesbury Duck 274 



Crested Duck 276 



Hook-billed Duck 277 



Penguin Duck 277 



Canvas-back Duck 277 



Red-head Duck.. . 279 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



WILD BIRDS SUSCEPTIBLE OF DOMESTICATION. 



Curassow 290 



Crested Curassow 290 



Galeated Curassow 291 



Capercaillie, or Cock of the Wood 292 



Ruffed Grouse 293 



Prairie Hen 295 



Pheasant 297 



Cock of the Plains 298 



California Partridge 299 



Great Bustard... 300 



Foreign. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



POULTRY STATISTICS. 

 301 I Domestic... 



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