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List or Illustrations. 



Mr. Halsted's Incubator (Fig. 35) . 

 „ „ „ Boiler of (Figs. 36, 37) 



„ ,, ,, Heating Tank (Fig. 38) 



» » ,. Egg Tray (Fig. 39) . 



Mr. Halsted's Incubator Regulator (Fig. 40) . 

 Shed and Coop for Chickens (Fig. 41) 

 Wire-covered Run for Young Broods (Fig. 42) 

 Artificial Mother (Fig. 43) .... 

 Funnel for Cramming Fowls (Fig. 44) 

 Cramming by Machinery (Fig. 45) . 

 Machine for Cramming Poultry (Fig. 46) 

 Plan for Poultry Farm (Fig. 47) 

 Mr. Stoddard's Plan for Large Yards (Fig. 48) 

 Mode of Tying a Slipped Wing (Fig. 49). 

 Poultry Basket (Fig. 50) .... 



Poultry Label (Fig. 51) 



Mode of Keeping Away Cats (Fig. 5^) ■ 

 Simple Rat-trap (Fig. 53) .... 

 Operation for Distended Crop (Fig. 54) . 



Gapes Insect (Fig. 55) 



Operation for Wry-tail (Fig. 5<J) 



Principal Viscera of a Fowl (Fig. 57) 



Reference Diagram for Technical Terms (Fig. 58) 



Vulture Hock (Fig. 59) 



Feathers of Partridge Cochin Hen for Breedin; 



(Fig. 60) 



Feathers of Partridge Cochin Hen for Breeding Pullets 



(Fig. 61) 



Occipital Foramen of Cochin and Callus Bankiva (Fig. 62) 

 Black-cock Feathers in Tail of Brahma Cock (Fig. 63) 

 Feathers from Neck of Light Brahma Hens (Fig. 64) 

 Feathers of Standard Dark Brahma Hen (Fig. 65) . 

 Feathers edged with White from Dark Brahma Hen 



(Fig. 66) 



Feathers of good Pullet-breeding Dark Brahma Cock 



(Fig. 67) 



Ideal Contour of Malay Cock (Fig. 68) . 

 Feathers of Black-red Game Hen (Fig. 69) 

 Hackle-Feather of Brown-red Game Hen (Fig. 70) . 

 Feathers of Laced-breasted Brown-red Game Cock (Fig. 71) 



,1 Duck-winged Game Hen (Fig. 72) • 



Cocks 



57 

 57 

 S8 

 58 

 58 

 69 

 70 



75 

 80 

 82 

 83 

 99 

 104 



145 

 '53 

 178 

 I So 

 181 

 190 

 195 

 201 

 203 

 206 

 207 



221 

 245 

 251 



254 

 257 



257 



260 



276 

 2S4 

 286 

 2S7 

 288 



Fcallicrs of Silver-grey Duckwing Game Hen (Fig. 73) 

 ,, Uark-coloured Dorking Hen (Fig. 74) 



Feathers of Medium-coloured Dorking Hen (Fig. 75) 



Sussex Chicken Coop (Fig. 76) .... 



Feathers of Silver-grey Dorking Hen (Fig. 77) 



Ideal Outline of Dorking Cock (Fig. 78) 



Saddle for Washing Spanish (or other) Fowls (Figs. 79, 80) 



Wire for Spanish Cock's Comb (Fig. 81) 



Feathers of Hen-tailed Silver Mooney Cock (Fig. 82) 

 ,, Full-plumaged Silver-spangled Cock (Fig. 8 



„ Silver-spangled Hamburg]) Hen (Fig. 84) 



„ Silver-pencilled Hamburgh Cock (Fig. 85) 



,, Silver-pencilled Hamburgh Pullet (Fig. 86) 



Skull of a Polish Fowl (Fig. 87) . 



Head of a Polish Fowl (Fig. 88) 



Feathers of Spangled Polish Cock (Fig. 89) 

 „ Spangled Polish Hen (Fig. go) 



Head of Crevecceur Cock (Fig. 91) 

 „ Breda Cock (Fig. 92) 



Feathers of Dominique Cock (Fig. 93) 

 „ Dominique Hen (Fig. 94) 



Rumpless Fowls .... 



Part of Ordinary Feather Magnified (Fig. 95) 



Feathers of Silky Fowls (Fig. 96) . 

 ,, Laced Bantams (Fig. 97) 



Tail-feather of Laced Bantam (Fig. 98) 



Sonnerat Jungle Fowl (Fig. 99) 



Head of Brahma Hen, with Single Wattle (Fig. 100) 



Wild Turkeys at Home . 



Peacock 



Peacock Shooting in India 



Peacock Pheasant .... 



Wild Ducks {Anas bosc/ias) 



Grey Call Ducks .... 



While-faced Whistling Duck . 



The Canada Goose .... 



The Egyptian or Nile Goose . 



.Sebastopol and Gambian Geese , 



Black Swan ..... 



The Crested Curassow 



The Pinnated Grouse or Prairie Hen 



289 



3-6 



3'7 



3'9 

 322 



333 

 344 

 346 

 3'''4 

 365 

 370 

 379 

 381 

 394 



395 

 400 



401 

 414 

 417 

 433 

 433 

 445 

 45' 

 452 

 468 



469 

 491 



499 

 509 



5^5 

 527 

 531 

 533 

 548 

 552 

 564 

 567 

 569 

 573 

 576 

 579 



