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The peafowl is also from southern Asia, where 

 it is still found wild. The tame bird is not very 

 different from the wild. The peafowl is domesti- 

 cated for its splendid tail feathers. It is a bird of 

 little s}Tiipathy, and likes to be alone. 



The guinea-hen is from Africa. It is not thor- 

 oughly domesticated, and insists on leading a half- 

 wild life yet. It is not found in domestication 

 much, except in the southern United States. 



The turkey is an American bird. It was hunted 

 by the Indians with tlieir bows and arrows. It 

 was easily domesticated because of its feeble flight 

 and its instinct to live in the same locality. The 

 turkey was domesticated by the Indians. It was 

 called the turkey by the English, because when it 

 w^as first taken to England it was mistakenly sup- 

 posed to have come from Turkey. 



The ostrich is from Africa. It is a desert bird. 

 It has only recently been domesticated. It is do- 

 mesticated for its unrivalled plumes. These 

 plumes are the tail and wing feathers. They are 

 much more beautiful and hmnane articles of dec- 

 oration than the feathers of song-birds. The 

 plumes of the ostrich are plucked out or clipped. 

 There are extensive ostrich farms in South Africa 

 and Southern California. The ostrich is the only 

 domesticated bird that does not fly in the w^ild 

 state. 



The goose is a descendant of the Canada wild 

 goose, a bird found in all parts of the northern 

 hemisphere. It is a gray bird. It haunts the 



