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VERTEBRATA, 



HASTINGS' TRAGOPAN, OR HORNED PHEASANT. 



THE IMPEYAN PHEASANT. 



earliest historical records — the curious paintings of the Eg3^ptians — show that this and most of our 

 ordinary domestic animals Avere as completely domesticated at that early period as iu our own day. 



THE KULM COCK. 



The original stock of tlie Domestic Fowl has been sought among the various species of Wild 



